In 1898 a Belgian ship was frozen into the ice off the coast of Antarctica

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As long as they never ran out’a their delicious Belgian chocolate, everything else would iron itself out.

P.S. Aargh!

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Oddly enough I read this only the other day… it talks about the Belgica directly and suggests this experience may have contributed to Amundsen being able to beat Scott to the South Pole a few years later.

ETA and in this article I learned that Scott probably had scurvy. Had never come across that suggestion before.

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Well, he certainly learned to bring his long woolies, that’s for sure.

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There’s a new book about it so it’s round and about

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