I'm certain that was a typo. Earlier in the article they
used almost the same language (in two different paragraphs), saying
"Shackleton abandoned his attempt to walk to the south pole with 112
miles remaining" and "Shackleton and three others abandoned their
expedition in January 1909 with their food supplies running
out." Plus that list of great polar expeditions was chronological.
Mark Minton
Oh, that would have been interesting! There would have been web
pages on the "Shackleton curse."
There was in fact an expedition with descendants from the Shackleton
expedition, but they did reach the pole:
http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/19/int6.htm
http://www.shackletoncentenary.org/
And here's a TinyUrl address for the Guardian article, since it
seems that it was chopped off in some e-mails:
http://tinyurl.com/yd5f3fe
Take care,
- Fofo
Stefan Creaser wrote, on 12/12/09 11:06:
Are you sure it was a typo, wasn't it one of Shackleton's descendants
who gave it a go?
Cheers,
Stefan
-----Original Message-----
From: Fofo [mailto:gonza...@msu.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 12,
2009 1:02 PM
To: texascavers
Subject: [Texascavers] Teenager, 17, hopes to outdo Shackleton and walk
to south pole
Howdy!
There's an interesting article in The Guardian. Not related to
caves, though, but about an expedition to the South Pole:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/11/katie-walter-south-pole-shackle
ton
One interesting bit of information is that Shackleton gave it
another try earlier this year:
"Shackleton and two others got to within 112 miles of the south
pole in January 2009 before abandoning their attempt with food
supplies running short."
Wow, you'd think that they would have been better prepared this time!
- Fofo
(PS: I realize that the Shackleton 2009 thing a typo)
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