itโs just fascinating reading this book, even reading the menโs own words, knowing that almost everyone on this expedition is doomed. no matter how hard theyโre trying in this chapter, the end of the book is inevitable.
just started Labyrinth of Ice, and itโs fascinating how much detail is known about the day-to-day of the expedition, how much insight you get into group dynamics and the menโs individual charactersโฆ
you can say the same thing about, like, the Franklin Expedition, but with that one we donโt HAVE these written records and day-to-day insights! same story, different font, but one expedition got lucky enough to have written records (and a few lucky (?) members) survive.