BriongloidM to Melbourne · 14 days agoDaily Discussion Thread: Sunday, 9 February 2025message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: Sunday, 9 February 2025BriongloidM to Melbourne · 14 days agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareuseless_modern_godlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoI will look into that thank you. I enjoyed Endurance by Alfred Lancing.
minus-squareAlamutjoneslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoShackleton’s South and The Lost Men, by Kelly Tyler Lewis are also worth a look if you went digging in that expedition previously. The Worst Journey In The World is about a different one - Scott’s doomed polar run - but it’s some of the best adventure writing there is. “ Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised…” Yes. Yes Cherry, it is.
I will look into that thank you. I enjoyed Endurance by Alfred Lancing.
Shackleton’s South and The Lost Men, by Kelly Tyler Lewis are also worth a look if you went digging in that expedition previously.
The Worst Journey In The World is about a different one - Scott’s doomed polar run - but it’s some of the best adventure writing there is.
“ Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised…”
Yes. Yes Cherry, it is.