'Applicants wanted for hazardous journey.Small wages. Bitter cold.Long months of complete darkness.Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.Honour and recognition in case of success.'
This original advert placed by Shackleton in 1914, it was placed again, this time in Trail magazine (UK only I think!) for applicants for the British Antarctic Expedition 2011,the centenary year of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's epic race to the South Pole.
Placed by BPE Ltd. the expedition logostics company was looking for 5 individuals from across the UK to attempt an 1100 mile traverse on the Antarctic continent, they were not advertising for an organised trip, indeed they're only involvement would be to get the team to Antarctica and help with navigation through the crevasse riddled Axel Heiberg glacier.
In November 2009 the team were selected.
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