this entry is pretty pointless, but I need to ramble about Shackleton
wow, sir ernest shackleton looks so different when he has a beard to when he's clean-shaven. of course, he also tends to grow the beard primarily when he's on an antarctic expedition and that'll age the skin a bit. It's not that he's really old in the beard pics, though; he didn't live to a super old age or anything.
no beard:
beard:
lolz:
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although he looks even more different in this picture, to the point where I don't feel 100% confident saying that it's him:
My beloved former roomie got me a little book that I assume is an excerpt from South: The Endurance Expedition, it's by Shackleton but covers only the open boat journey to South Georgia Island and subsequent crossing. It's AMAZING, and reading it is once again bringing to the fore my massive love and admiration for that man. And the entire crew, really - especially Tom Crean and Frank Worsley. And Frank Wild even though he's not really in this book, having been left in charge of the rest of the men back on Elephant Island.
here's a picture of Tom Crean with puppies:
no beard:
beard:
lolz:
(promotional image - antarctic expeditions needed sponsors)
although he looks even more different in this picture, to the point where I don't feel 100% confident saying that it's him:
My beloved former roomie got me a little book that I assume is an excerpt from South: The Endurance Expedition, it's by Shackleton but covers only the open boat journey to South Georgia Island and subsequent crossing. It's AMAZING, and reading it is once again bringing to the fore my massive love and admiration for that man. And the entire crew, really - especially Tom Crean and Frank Worsley. And Frank Wild even though he's not really in this book, having been left in charge of the rest of the men back on Elephant Island.
here's a picture of Tom Crean with puppies: