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Where
and
what
Antarctic explorers of
The First Heroic Age
“SCOTT FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD, AMUNDSEN FOR SPEED AND
EFFICIENCY BUT WHEN DISASTER STRIKES AND ALL HOPE IS
GONE, GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY FOR SHACKLETON”
Sir Raymond Priestley 1922
Shackleton’s expedition ship was described as having “Gadgets! Gadgets!
Gadgets everywhere!” These included a wireless, an electrically heated
crow’s nest and an odograph to record the ship’s route and speed.