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Episode 289 – The Captain of the Pole-Star (Patreon)

Published:
2016-01-07 09:29:00
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2025-05-18 18:54:05
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2026-06
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Airdate: 1/7/2016

We’re kicking off 2016 with some arctic ghostliness: The Captain of the Pole-Star by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!

Special thanks to our returning master-reader, Jon Hancock!

Next up: The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker

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REO Jackwagon

Quick note! The Shackleton expedition was stuck in ice for MONTHS! They carried off all kinds of supplies. For some reason, Shackleton repeatedly had them leave supplies behind.

Justin Kolodziej

Yeah, I listened to Endurance and it seemed like it was a combination of wanting to balance being well equipped with the need to travel light, and some sort of motivational technique. Something like, we can't drag ass because we don't have the provisions for that. The one that got me was at one point he had them leave a lot of seal blubber and meat behind, and then a few days later they were starving again. Bur he seemed to think there would be plenty of seals along the way.

Jack Hughes

I JUST listened to a No Such Thing As A Fish episode today where they talked about the Shackleton expedition. There are theories now that it wasn't just the lead-lined food cans that drove everyone mad but the water pipes in the ship were also lead-lined. The image of that group defecting from the ship and taking a bizarre collection of nonsensical supplies actually fills me with a dread I can't explain.