Comments | guingel: this entry is pretty pointless, but I need to ramble about Shackleton

guingel

this entry is pretty pointless, but I need to ramble about Shackleton

Jan 07, 2011 18:33

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.

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fuunsaiki January 7 2011, 23:35:49 UTC

I <3 you so much when you ramble about Shackleton. :)

guingel January 7 2011, 23:42:04 UTC

:DDDDD

I ended up having dinner with the aforementioned former roomie and her parents after receiving this book and I ended up spending pretty much the entire meal regaling them with tales about antarctic exploration. I just went to the museum of natural history, where they have an exhibit about Scott and Amundsen's race to the pole, so they got to hear me bemoan Scott's refusal to use sled dogs and reliance on man-hauling.

cloudtrader January 8 2011, 02:36:13 UTC

PUPPIES!!!! :D

guingel January 8 2011, 03:48:03 UTC

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cloudtrader January 8 2011, 05:54:12 UTC

D'awww~! ZOMG, PUPPIES! :D

sagee_x3 January 8 2011, 03:44:25 UTC

I would like to say that he's my favorite explorer after Magellan. /insane history freak.

I saw this amazing documentary recently on Scott's Antartic exploration. Awesome stuff, really.

guingel January 8 2011, 03:55:27 UTC

If you hadn't already said that Shackleton was your second favorite I would be side-eying you about the Scott mention. XD Not that he isn't a legend but Shackleton is so clearly cooler ( ... )

sagee_x3 January 8 2011, 16:57:58 UTC

Shackleton is really cool, ngl. I like him more than Scott. With Magellan, I saw a really cool movie when I was younger about the last leg of his exploration and just fell in love with the movie version of him. I guess I like douchebag leaders who don't listen to anyone else. *shrug*.

OMG THIS. I've always hated how Cesc was written. I mean, I can understand why they would write him like that since he is one of the youngest. But, come on, the guy is 23 years old and it always bothered me. Especially when he's portrayed to be emotionally weak as well. It's weird.

And, I agree that it's weird that they would ignore his Barca ties. I mean, the guy is Barca through and through even if I don't support the team, I can acknowledge that.

nitrosss January 8 2011, 08:59:04 UTC

South: The Endurance Expedition

Oh no, oh no, oh no. :(( I really really want to read this. Too many books to read, what dooo.

guingel January 8 2011, 12:50:44 UTC

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5199

it's freeeeeeeee

and awesome

:D

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