Who dis?
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Which famous individual was part of only the third group to reach the South Pole?
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Which famous individual was part of only the third group to reach the South Pole?
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Give that man a dollar!
Yes, I was completely unaware until yesterday.
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you mean unquantifiable risk taking is just what some people do?
I was watching the documentary Kon Tiki a couple nights ago, about an expedition from south america to the polynesian islands in 1947. Using period-appropriate equipment for the original settlement of those islands, in attempt to prove those islands were in fact settled that way. The expedition, on a balsa wood raft, did make it the 5000 miles, sailing the wind currents. But history has proven the thesis inaccurate. Ultimately it was a collection of adventurers who wanted to go on an adventure and were willing to risk their lives to do so. This is not terribly uncommon amongst humans.
Education is extremely important.
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Ten years ago I met this fellow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swan
We brought him in to speak at one of our technical symposiums. Talk about an Type A personality. Very dry sense of humour, actually hilarious. What a charismatic and engaging speaker. His devotion and concern for the environmental integrity of the Antarctic is boundless.
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you mean unquantifiable risk taking is just what some people do?
I was watching the documentary Kon Tiki a couple nights ago, about an expedition from south america to the polynesian islands in 1947. Using period-appropriate equipment for the original settlement of those islands, in attempt to prove those islands were in fact settled that way. The expedition, on a balsa wood raft, did make it the 5000 miles, sailing the wind currents. But history has proven the thesis inaccurate. Ultimately it was a collection of adventurers who wanted to go on an adventure and were willing to risk their lives to do so. This is not terribly uncommon amongst humans.
Kon Tiki
A wonderful book, as well. The author, Thor Heyerdahl, was the man who organized and said the Kon-Tiki. His nephew (I believe) is Chris Heyerdahl. Chris played "The Swede" in Hell on Wheels.
It's also a decent, but not great, movie. Gustaf Skarsgård (Floki) is in it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1613750/
The 1950 documentary:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042650/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt
