We know its cold out but put yourself in the mind of adventurers from the golden age of Polar exploration who somehow managed without all fleece and DWR technical fibers.  Charting new ground in some of the most inhospitable places on earth.  Their trials are etched on every face and they stare at us from eternity…..

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The ill fated Terra Nova

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Patrick Keohane

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Tom Crean

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Rear Admiral Peary

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Shackleton

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Oates

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C.S. Wright

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Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Beans

 

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Amundsen

Scott midwinter dinner