10 most doomed expeditions

Here is an interesting article I came across: The 10 Most Doomed Expeditions in History. For some reason I was surprised that I recognized half of them haha. The writer totally trashed Robert F. Scott though..yeah he made mistakes, but I've read about other expeditions that were better prepared, but totally fell apart because the men didn't get along. Scott and his men were friends till the very end (when Scott was found, his hand was resting on Wilson's bag *tear*). I'll always be impressed by how they well he and his men got along with each other..they were amazing <3

The article about S.A. Andree's Arctic Expedition was almost as funny as the one on Goodreads haha ("Plus, his drag ropes would persistently snap, fall off, become entangled with each other, or get stuck to the ground, which could result in pulling the often low-flying balloon down into a dangerous bounce. Sounds good! Let's go to the north pole!" LOLOL)

And the poor Franklin Expedition.."Evidence suggested that a combination of cold, starvation, and disease including scurvy, pneumonia, and tuberculosis, all made worse by lead poisoning, killed everyone in the Franklin party." Eeesh (I keep wondering why Crozier's ship was named "Terror"..weird name for a ship, unless you're a pirate :P)

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Today's trivia: The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City