Shackleton and the Endurance

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

It’s absolutely unbelievable the footage

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

"I'm just going for a short walk.
I may be gone for some time"!!!

So English.
Scott apparently didn't say anything. He knew what it meant. Oates was committing suicide so as not to hold up the party. He had very bad frostbite at that point.

As a child, I was briefly introduced to either his son or his grandson (can't remember which, it's sixty years ago, I suppose it would almost certainly be his grandson). My father said to me "This is the grandson (or son) of Captain Oates”. Didn't mean a thing to me then, of course.

They never found Amundsen's body in the Arctic, either (much later on).

 

[stonerblue]

that decking is on upside down...

 

[Magicpole]

"I'm just going for a short walk.
I may be gone for some time"!!!

That was Captain Oats. Scott's expedition. The quote was." I'm going outside now. I may be some time." And he was. Still out there. He detested Scott at the end.

 

[manclad]

That was Captain Oats. Scott's expedition. The quote was." I'm going outside now. I may be some time." And he was. Still out there. He detested Scott at the end.

Captain Oats?
First names Scots Porridge ??

 

[Magicpole]

Captain Oats?
First names Scots Porridge ??

Wild.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

For all those interested...get on this....Amundsen was first mate....the lad had form..

 

[Magicpole]

I would recommend the book Shackleton. I felt sorry for the horses. Nothing else. The men chose to be there.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

For all those interested...get on this....Amundsen was first mate....the lad had form..
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Amundsen had the best possible training for what he did, having been in effect mentored by the great Norwegian explorer Fridjof Nansen. He listened to a lot of the stuff that Nansen had learnt in his crossing of Greenland — clothes, boots, choice of skis etc.

 

[idahoblues]

That was Captain Oats. Scott's expedition. The quote was." I'm going outside now. I may be some time." And he was. Still out there. He detested Scott at the end.

Most Scots are detestable :)