Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Shackleton
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Shackleton Family Memories
In shackleton's day, people like you and me were actually mentally and physically tougher than we are now. We proved in the 19 nineties, using the top food stress expert, doctor michael strad, in britain, who persuaded me to go with him. He would do an expedition which would confound the critics if we succeeded in doing it nd not dying. Even though we didn't have dogs, which are an additional help, and you can eat them. That's less food to carry, and they can eat each other. And thereby proving that the critics ware wrong, and that if the Shackleton had been carried round on all but luck, he could definitely
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