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"Men wanted for a hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition i
by forgottenpaswrd 14y ago
"Men wanted for a hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success."
More than 5000 applications followed. Not everybody is made for adventure though.
- martincmartin 14y agoThis was the ad that Shackleton placed in the paper to find a crew for his most famous expedition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedi...
- jpxxx 14y agoIf anyone here hasn't, Ernest Shackleton's 'South' is basically mandatory reading. It's his own book about his own experiences, it's dispassionate and yet wildly exciting, and even though you know how it ends, you're on the edge of your seat. Superb adventure. http://www.amazon.com/South-Endurance-Expedition-Ernest-Shackleton/dp/0451198808 http://www.amazon.com/South-Endurance-Expedition-Ernest-Shac...
- desas 14y agoI thought it was fantastic. Project Gutenburg has also made it available.
- jpatokal 14y ago...but unfortunately actually didn't. Still a great quote though! http://conversation.cipr.co.uk/posts/andy.green/the-myth-of-sir-ernest-shackletons-ad--an-example-of-truthiness http://conversation.cipr.co.uk/posts/andy.green/the-myth-of-...