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#1553 Shackleton’s Ship the Endurance Found!

Listening to America

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River of Promise, Lewis and Clark on the Columbia

The search for John Franklin ships in the Arctic is actually a far more compelling story than Shackleton's. I think you agree that there's a romance to this, that that's why we're attracted to Lewis and Clark. But to the extent that they're agents of empire or agents of the economy, they're less noble.

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