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"She needs to STOP telling gore about germ theory and START telling him about Roald Amundsen" — Mar 10, 2025 10:08PM
"She needs to STOP telling gore about germ theory and START telling him about Roald Amundsen" — Mar 10, 2025 10:08PM


“Cod meat has virtually no fat (.3 percent) and is more than 18 percent protein, which is unusually high even for fish. And when cod is dried, the more than 80 percent of its flesh that is water having evaporated, it becomes concentrated protein - almost 80 percent protein.”
― Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
― Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

“All the dogs except eight had been named. I do not know who had been responsible for some of the names, which seemed to represent a variety of tastes. They were as follows Rugby, Upton Bristol, Millhill, Songster, Sandy, Mack, Mercury, Wolf, Amundsen, Hercules, Hackenschmidt, Samson, Sammy, Skipper, Caruso, Sub, Ulysses, Spotty, Bosun, Slobbers, Sadie, Sue, Sally, Jasper, Tim, Sweep, Martin, Splitlip, Luke, Saint, Satan, Chips, Stumps, Snapper, Painful, Bob, Snowball, Jerry, Judge, Sooty, Rufus, Sidelights, Simeon, Swanker, Chirgwin, Steamer, Peter, Fluffy, Steward, Slippery, Elliott, Roy, Noel, Shakespeare, Jamie, Bummer, Smuts, Lupoid, Spider, and Sailor. Some of the names, it will be noticed, had a descriptive flavour.”
― South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition
― South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition

“For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organization, give me Scott; for a Winter Journey, Wilson; for a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen: and if I am in the devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time.”
― The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
― The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
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