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whalersandsailors: ““I do not know who had been responsible for some of the names [of the dogs], which seemed to represent a variety of tastes. They were as follows: Rugby, Upton Bristol, Millhill, Songster, Sandy, Mack, Mercury, Wolf, Amundsen,...
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I do not know who had been responsible for some of the names [of the dogs], which seemed to represent a variety of tastes. They were as follows: Rugby, Upton Bristol, Millhill, Songster, Sandy, Mack, Mercury, Wolf, Amundsen, Hercules, Hackenschmidt, Samson, Sammy, Skipper, Caruso, Sub, Ulysses, Spotty, Bosun, Slobbers, Sadie, Sue, Sally, Jasper, Tim, Sweep, Martin, Splitlip, Luke, Saint, Satan, Chips, Stumps, Snapper, Painful, Bob, Snowball, Jerry, Judge, Sooty, Rufus, Sidelights, Simeon, Swanker, Chirgwin, Steamer, Peter, Fluffy, Steward, Slippery, Elliot, Roy, Noel, Shakespeare, Jamie, Bummer, Smuts, Lupoid, Spider, and Sailor. Some of the names, it will be noticed, had a descriptive flavor.

Sir Ernest Shackleton — South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance, Chapter 1: Into the Weddell Sea

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Man Proposes, God Disposes. Inspired by the Landseer painting of the same name; this piece depicts the grisly fate of the crews of the ships The Terror and Erebus; which were two ships sent by Britain to find the Northwest Passage through Canadian sea ice.

The ships became trapped in pack ice and the entire crew of both ships slowly succumbed to starvation, lead poisoning and botulism from improperly canned foods and scurvy. There is evidence of cannibalism in what few recovered remains there were.

A run of signed prints will be available. 8x10, 30$ each, free shipping, pm me.

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Shackleton’s ship Endurance, Antarctica, August 27, 1915. Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, as it lay locked in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, where it finally sank. Photo by Frank Hurley. More stunning photos:

Shackleton’s Expedition to Antarctica on The Endurance: The photographic journey of one of the greatest survival stories ever told, 1914-191
In August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted c
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