If you aren't one then you should become a writer. You seem to have a gift for the written word.

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As a child I was very interested in arctic exploration and read books on all the Arctic and Antarctica explorers. As an adult I have been above the arctic circle and have gone to Antarctica achieving my dream to see both. Antarctica is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

The big mystery to me in this fantastic tale is, did you eat two lunches? Three even?

@@Al-jt3dw Only a single sandwich and bottle of Coke each. Any more than this risked contaminating the pristine environment with certain excursions behind roadside trees. And with said trees being of rather small stature, those activities would scarcely remain hidden from view. Eww.

The History Channel used to be good

Absolutely correct!

More like what they used to be

@JZ's Best Friend don't forget loggers and swamp people

Other bodies showed the same marks. The government seemed not to want to address the issue, and Greely simply said that he never personally witnessed it. The alternative explanation is that the men's flesh had been used as bait for fishing, which seemed for some to be less distasteful than cannibalism. Incidentally, the man's name is recorded as "Whisler," is that not correct? He died May 24, 1884.

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel sometimes you see his last name with the 't' some of his ancestors spelled it without the 't'. He is buried in the Whistler Cemetery in Indiana. His headstone does not have the 't'. I was just looking through the book that I have about my ancestor. It actually mentions his last name and the lack of the 't'. The reason his headstone does not have that letter in the last name is because this marker was provided by the military and that is how his military records spelled his last name. And by the way the military marker did not mention his arctic service. So that was added later at someone's personal expense.

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel if anyone wants to read more about William Whistler and the lady Franklin Bay expedition there is a book that is called William Henry Whistler and the lady Franklin Bay Greeley expedition. It was compiled by Richard l funkhouser. My mother wrote an essay when she was in school that was included in this book and it is extremely detailed. My mother forgot about it until many years later when she was contacted by someone and asked if they could include her essay in this book.

I was up the road at Eielson AFB, I’ve been to Ft. Greely several times, also having grown up in Fairbanks !

You both are lucky. I tried getting assigned to an Airborne unit in Alaska but spent most of my career at Ft. Bragg. I've been dying to visit Alaska most of my life but have never had the opportunity.

@@e.b.1728 I believe in exercise “ BRIM FROST 81” a unit w/ the 82nd flew a “ 141” non-stop from Pope and dropped over Fort Greely, the mean temperature was about - 20F at the drop zone!!

It was. No you wouldn't have.

Excellent history teachers are, unfortunately, few and far between. That said, I'm sure one contributing factor is school teaches only specific things in certain ways. THG, thankfully, has complete freedom to teach what he wants, when he's ready, how he desires.

Most history classes were indeed wretched in public American schools. There are a wide array of educators and methods by which they choose to teach their students. I chanced upon an educator, a Mr. Anderson, that taught history at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in Fargo ND and he was equally passionate about history to the gentleman that runs this channel. That was during my first year of middle school all the way back in 1990. Despite his passion, his unorthodox lesson plan and plentiful historical anecdotes, my fellow students found his classes bothersome as they didn't fit the mold of other classes which relied entirely on teaching quite literally by the book. It's the only class within which to my recollection I might've been viewed as something of a teacher's pet. Early on I came into the possession of a permanent pass to enter the school early or to remain after hours to stay in his classroom, study and submit extra credit reports on a myriad of topics related to history. As history was something I was already passionate about, as a result of my upbringing, I flourished in that environment and under his tutelage. I made the top of his class that year while most of my other grades were the finest example of mediocrity one could imagine. After his class there was one singular history course available to me in the small town high school I attended a few short years later. The educator in charge was of very different character as he taught by the book but supplemented it with his own natural charisma and animated personality. This seemed to help the broader student body to better relate broader and generalized chapters in history to their own personal experiences or at least to imagine it to a certain degree. In closing passion and anecdotal episodes of history often aren't suitable for the mass consumption of the contemporary American student body. Most of us are conditioned from a young age to follow a rigid lesson plan. It's only if a student is already passionate about learning from the past that an educator, such as the gentleman in charge of this channel, can successfully impart knowledge or wisdom in a meaningful and enjoyable way.

@@athelwulfgalland I salute your intense desire to learn, and to teach, History. Indeed, The History Guy is the MOST genuinely interesting history teacher that I have come across to date. I also noticed that you are an inspirational writer. Kudo's to that, too. Now, here's the rub. History is now being so perverted in the U.S. Public Education system that it no longer is "History". It has become "Propaganda". True history, especially American history, is being perverted by the guidance of the Federal Government and the teachers' unions. Some universities can actually give a bachelors' degree in history without even taking any course in AMERICAN history. There is a reason for this. If you cannot figure that out, and what the purpose is, then you haven't studied history. I suggest you keep learning, and keep teaching. And "Political Correctness" is NOT the Language of a Free People.

@@otpyrcralphpierre1742 History that is taught in school is always propaganda; in all countries and at all times.

Iceland is green, Greenland is ice

What would you expect one to do? Get out and walk hundreds of miles across snow and ice? There is a difference between being abandoned and unreachable.

@@kevinwebster7868 While I understand your sentiment, I think it is safe to say they were abandoned. It was only the actions of a few who mobilized public opinion that saved those few who survived. Had the first relief expedition done what they were supposed to, more and perhaps all might have survived. Had those sitting in the rear, comfortably, shown more alacrity, perhaps the rescue force might have reached them sooner and again, saved more.

I remember seeing an amazing documentary about the Franklin expedition. The bodies of Torrington and Hartnell were exhumed from the permafrost in good condition. On site autopsies indicated that their cause of death may have been lead poisoning from cheap food cans and not necessarily hypothermia.

Not if he did an episode on your momma... Just kiddin... But I guarantee you wouldn't 👍 if he did an episode on my momma...

Somebody get me out o here.

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Rich, if you are in the US northeast now, that is a valid complaint! 24" of freshly fallen snow here in NJ. Point still well made!

eat your seal blubber and mush on ! " we've miles to go before sleep . " " miles to go before sleep . "

@@oceanexploration and still going at least over by me

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Both were Badass

@@CampVictoria The lead poisoning theory has been disproven

Shackleton's expedition is a tale of two halves. There was also the Ross Sea party that was supposed to cache stores inland for the Shackleton party to pick up during the final third of their journey. Total disaster. Minimal supplies cached, an almost wrecked ship, marooned & dead men. Barely gets a mention.

Thanks for the book suggestions.

@@stevedietrich8936 I've real all of them since. Kingdom of Ice is the most depressing but also one of the slightly more hopeful ones because they actually managed to salvage much of the documentation needed to know the final fates of the expedition party and leader.

There are a few in here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLSnt4mJGJfGgjh2UqFMz1VJmaeYGj3Vm5

I will definitely check that out. Thank you! By the way, I love the bowtie! Very classy on you!

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel thanks

I second, third, and infinity this. Dr. Rae got such a raw deal from them.

@pado joe biden I had no problem reading it. Perhaps you're just a little dull?

@@dimesonhiseyes9134 It _was indeed_ a rough read. And since _you're_ being nasty, maybe learn to spell.

Jeesh. That read like all one sentence.😆

@@trishthehomesteader9873 They're called "run-on sentences".

@John Barber there is always a thin line between the two.

Actually you have to be prepared properly and have some knowledge of what you are getting yourself into. Inuit have been living in the high Arctic for Ages without ships or any other modern equipment. You just have to know what you're doing. The arctic is full of dead idiots who weren't half as smart as they thought they were. Its an unforgiving environment for those who know their way around...fatal for those who don't.

Oldham's a cold place too!!

Because these expeditions almost never consulted the Inuit or indigenous people who actually lived and survived in these areas and knew the weather and conditions.

Please email me at THG@TheHistoryGuy.Net.

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel done

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you can....only if you promise to clean your plate.

And the B-9 Robot and Robbie the Robot.

@@silvereagle2061 I'm just glad the bugle is back on the wall.....

It would be, ultimately, an act of desperation.

I remember the cannibalism bit but I do not remember the source stated that human meat is rather indigestible

@@dimesonhiseyes9134 , without fat in the meat or in one's diet, meat is difficult for humans to digest. This was detailed in the book. Starving humans would have little or no body fat left.

@@goodun2974 Same thing with a diet of only rabbits. A human can't survive long only eating rabbits. It's called 'rabbit starvation' (protein poisoning).

@@Johnny_Tambourine, interesting, I didn't know that. BTW, I read somewhere the reason Inuit and other indigenous peoples of the Arctic don't suffer from scurvy is because they get Vitamin C from raw seal meat and salmon and whale blubber, which would be destroyed if cooked.

I prefer the silence. Music affects each of us differently, and someone could think that the chosen piece isn't sufficiently respectful.