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South Pole Race: “Mummy, is Amundsen a good man?”
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Amanson's Polar Exploration
Amonson's journey to the pole was brave and brilliant, yet he left some casualties behind him. For decades, british children were taught that amanson had cheated. That's not true. Polar exploration has had its share of cheats, but amonson wasn't one of them. At a single camp about two thirds of the way to the pole, amonson and his men shot and skinned 27 dogs to provide a store of food for those who remained. Over the wastes, e faithful servant lost his life ath each shot,. We called the place the butcher's shot.
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