• Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If I remember right, he hammered nails through his boots to make primitive ice cleats, hiked or of there with a small group to safety, then immediately returned with help to rescue his men. Dude was a badass.

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        Their journey is so unbelievable. He and a few of his men sailed 800 miles, essentially in a lifeboat, in the worst sea on earth. When they landed on South Georgia they were on the wrong side and had to hike over the impassable mountainous island to the encampment.