tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post1819551934331882017..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: To the poles!Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-37559324266050472822009-07-22T16:51:38.820-07:002009-07-22T16:51:38.820-07:00Your post made me want to look up pictures related...Your post made me want to look up pictures related to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World" rel="nofollow">Apsley Cherry-Garrard's account</a> of Scott's ill-fated Antarctic trip (which I read a long time ago). <br><br>I ended up puzzling over the <a href="http://www.ukaht.org/savethehuts.htm" rel="nofollow">fundraising intended to "save the hut."</a><br><br>Why do we want to save the hut? There is nobody there and the abandoned hut is ... an abandoned hut. If theres' stuff in it that should be preserved, why don't they just send it wherever?Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-62401657953108447072009-07-22T17:51:58.083-07:002009-07-22T17:51:58.083-07:00Oh, Cherry-Garrard's account is also a good on...Oh, Cherry-Garrard's account is also a good one, and there are various different accounts of the Shackleton expedition. And not forgetting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer)" rel="nofollow">Tom Crean</a>, who was just a quiet guy, a sailor who got involved in these expeditions and turned out to be one of the most pivotal, yet uncelebrated, participants.<br><br>The hut ... I agree. Put the thing in a ruddy great crate and ship it somewhere where the conservation is easier.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-85572875528184358842009-07-24T01:03:03.994-07:002009-07-24T01:03:03.994-07:00I love /Smilla/ ... one friend I lent it to, thoug...I love /Smilla/ ... one friend I lent it to, though, complained that "she makes Superman look like Noddy!"Felix Granthttp://sammysdot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com