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This 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_Expedi

• jpxxx 14y ago
  If 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 ago
    I 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-...