Journey to the end of the world

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Can you fly to Antarctica?

“Endurance”

“Elinca”

Why Antarctica?

100 years since:

Roald Amundsen (1911)

Robert Falcon Scott (1912)

Ernest Shackleton (1914)

Different era same challenges

• Distance from England ~ 10 000 miles• A world of different weather• Living in a small space

– Morale is very important• Upon arrival in Antarctica = ICE!

‘Saloon’ = living/eating room

‘Heads’ = toilets‘Galley’ = kitchen‘Helm’ = wheel

Bunks

Close living confinements

- Going to the loo when the world is moving up and down

- Cooking for each other in a 2 m kitchen

- Making sure everyone has a place and feels useful

- Making cups of tea at a 40 degree angle

What’s the time?

Wildlife

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Penguins?

or

Polar bears?

Climate and clothing

The end of the world

Any questions?