Don’t try to be Kennedy.

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    Trichinosis is rumoured to be “what done for” the franklin expedition to find the north west passage.

    The Jens Monk expedition lost 62 men to Trichinosis, and returned home with only 3 men alive.

    https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/jens-munk-an-expedition-ahead-of-its-time/

    I love reading about these guys, just so courageous. I’m sat here looking at spreadsheets worrying about emails. These guys did the equivalent of flying to mars in a washing machine, battling ferocious martians, succumbing to a war of attrition against a mysterious ailment, before un-dying and coming back home.

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      Really cool read, thanks for sharing.

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      Andrew Tate could learn some serious lessons about what a real badass is from these cats. I’d like to see Tate vs. Shackleton in his prime.