Posted by John Giddy on September 08, 2006 at 13:24:05 from 144.133.64.153 user jgiddy.
In Reply to: Re: Why Arctic and not Antarctic ? posted by David Bamford on September 08, 2006 at 07:19:56:
Ponies and dogs, but he didn't have either good ponies or good dogs, and only had a few "other ranks" who knew anything about them, so they weren't used efficiently.
Shackleton, or his Ross Sea party, used sails on sledges to help with the hauling of enormous loads.
However, I agree that it was "natural" to choose the North Pole, when the summer house was at the north end of the lake. Also I have been reminded off TarBoard, that AR new Nansen and admired him greatly.
Thanks for all the responses.