Day 169
This morning is disappointingly cold and grey. It looks and feels and smells like it’s going to rain. I will need to go and change into some long trousers and… Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: Amundsen
Day Five
The question of heroism in the context of Antarctic exploration was the theme for a webinar I have just watched, in particular that of the men (and they were only… Continue Reading
Amundsen’s Secret Diary
Any author goes through countless versions of a book before the final, definitive text is sent to be published. Dead Men was no different. There were three different endings, several… Continue Reading
Framheim, 1912
It is here we kept the whales at bay,Here we built a home not a hut,Hung and painted and decorated itWith memory and a little hope. Around it we dug… Continue Reading