exploration

Following the advice of a friend who spent 2 seasons on the ice, I have been filling my brain with as many tales of Antarctic adventure and exploration as possible. Luckily there is a phenomenal library system in Sonoma County, and I head to the nearby library weekly to pick up new books to read and movies to watch. It is hard to believe that in 2 weeks I will be headed to the same place, where 98 years ago (as of yesterday), 2 men and their crews raced to reach the South Pole first. It ended up that the Norwegians beat the Brits by a mere 34 days. Roald Amundsen and his party were the first humans to successfully reach the pole on December 14, 1911. The second group, led by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, reached the pole on January 17, 1912, and sadly, on their way back, Scott and his party perished. Both of Scott's huts are located not too far from McMurdo Station where I will be based, and both are well preserved and still hold many artifacts.