I've just dealt with a press release from a film company looking for volunteers to work on a documentary recreating the Scott & Amundsen polar jaunts of 1911-1912.
The plan is to do a walk of 2,560km using only the equipment, clothing and food that were available to the original teams. It will be filmed in Greenland rather than Antartica due to environmental reasons, but will cover terrain as similar as possible to the original.
If anyone is available from april to july next year, details are on the MCofS website.
This could be ideal for PW & Judith to practice their newly aquired winter skills!
-- Duncan Gray
www.duncolm.co.uk also The Mountaineering Council of Scotland www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk
I've just dealt with a press release from a film company looking for volunteers to work on a documentary recreating the Scott & Amundsen polar jaunts of 1911-1912.
The plan is to do a walk of 2,560km using only the equipment, clothing and food that were available to the original teams. It will be filmed in Greenland rather than Antartica due to environmental reasons, but will cover terrain as similar as possible to the original.
If anyone is available from april to july next year, details are on the MCofS website.
This could be ideal for PW & Judith to practice their newly aquired winter skills!
:-) No cool gear, though?? Dunno about that...
Still, it would be churlish not to take a look... :-) Thanks!
"Duncan Gray" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've just dealt with a press release from a film company looking for volunteers to work on a documentary recreating the Scott & Amundsen polar jaunts of 1911-1912.
The plan is to do a walk of 2,560km using only the equipment, clothing and food that were available to the original teams. It will be filmed in Greenland rather than Antartica due to environmental reasons, but will
cover
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terrain as similar as possible to the original.
If anyone is available from april to july next year, details are on the MCofS website.
This could be ideal for PW & Judith to practice their newly aquired winter skills!
-- Duncan Gray
www.duncolm.co.uk also The Mountaineering Council of Scotland www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk
Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
I noticed that Message-ID: <[email hidden]> from Stuart contained the following:
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Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
<shudder> Nor me.
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I've just dealt with a press release from a film company looking for volunteers to work on a documentary recreating the Scott & Amundsen polar jaunts of 1911-1912.
The plan is to do a walk of 2,560km using only the equipment, clothing and food that were available to the original teams. It will be filmed in Greenland rather than Antartica due to environmental reasons, but will cover terrain as similar as possible to the original.
If anyone is available from april to july next year, details are on the MCofS website.
This could be ideal for PW & Judith to practice their newly aquired winter skills!
Are the Scott team required to die at the end to provide true period authenticity?
In message <[email hidden]>, Stuart <[email hidden]> writes
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Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
No. Amundsen killed the dogs and used them as food for the remaining dogs, not for the chappies. Scott did not use his dogs as food. It was - how can we put it - a bone of contention between them.
In message <[email hidden]>, Stuart <[email hidden]> writes
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Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
No. Amundsen killed the dogs and used them as food for the remaining dogs, not for the chappies. Scott did not use his dogs as food. It was - how can we put it - a bone of contention between them.
IIRC Scott didn't have dogs. They used ponies around the hut and the push for the pole was done using manpower alone. -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
In message <[email hidden]>, Stuart <[email hidden]> writes
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Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
No. Amundsen killed the dogs and used them as food for the remaining dogs, not for the chappies. Scott did not use his dogs as food. It was - how can we put it - a bone of contention between them.
I thought Scott had ponies, not dogs? Amundsen had Sammies with him, sure Scott had ponies - often suggested as a contributory factor in the failiure of his exped.
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Scott & Amundsen used dogs to pull sleds with supplies on, when the sleds became empty they killed the dogs and eat them. I couldn't do that.
IIRC Scott didn't take dogs on his last expedition, just horses and maybe some mechanical contrivances that might not have worked.
I have some vague recollection of an Australian named Mawson on a long trip in Antarctica who had to eat his dogs to stay alive. ISTR it nearly killed him because he ate the livers in preference to other bits and the dogs livers were stuffed full of vitamin A (?) which is poisonous in large quantities. Of course with my memory this may only have the faintest connection with the facts.
-- Roger Chapman so far this year 139 summits New - 110 (Marilyns 14, Sweats 5, Outlying Fells 98) Repeats - 29 (Marilyns 11, Sweats 21, Wainwrights 16, Outlying Fells 2)
"David WE Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Duncan Gray said:
I've just dealt with a press release from a film company looking for volunteers to work on a documentary recreating the Scott & Amundsen polar jaunts of 1911-1912.
The plan is to do a walk of 2,560km using only the equipment, clothing and food that were available to the original teams. It will be filmed in Greenland rather than Antartica due to environmental reasons, but will cover terrain as similar as possible to the original.
If anyone is available from april to july next year, details are on the MCofS website.
This could be ideal for PW & Judith to practice their newly aquired winter skills!
Are the Scott team required to die at the end to provide true period authenticity?
