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    Re: Henry Worsley, Antarctic adventurer
    From: David Pike
    Date: 2016 Jan 26, 02:39 -0800

    Anyone interested in the life of Frank Worsley would find ‘Shackleton’s Captain’ by John Thompson a very good read.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shackletons-Captain-Biography-Frank-Worsley/dp/0889626782 He was indeed an adventurer. DaveP

    Re: Henry Worsley, Antarctic adventurer From: John Brown
    Date: 2016 Jan 26, 01:02 -0800
    Francis
    Yes, old school heroes.

     ....They all seem to have been ex army...

    Not all ex-army.  Both Shackleton and Frank Worsley (a second generation Kiwi) were Merchant Navy officers, eventually becoming Master Mariners.  Shackleton probably did have the kind of education you describe - an example of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.  Life would also have been hard in their early seagoing experiences in square riggers.

    Best regards

    John

       
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