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Scott and Scurvy
03.07.2010
Recently I have been re-reading one of my favorite books, , an account of Robert Falcon Scott's 1911 expedition to the South Pole. I can’t do the book justice in a summary, other than recommend that you drop everything and , but there is one detail that particularly baffled me the first time th...
An Annotated Letter From Roman Polanski
05.04.2010
Roman Polanski, who is in Switzerland awaiting extradition to the US for the 1977 rape of a thirteen year old girl , has just released a fascinating open letter, which I have reprinted here with my comments.
Polanski's letter reads:
Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the...
On Top of the World
06.29.2010
Getting groceries means having to cross the 70th parallel, which fills me with an unjustifiable sense of regret. There's something glorious about being out and about in my shirtsleeves at 70˚N that loses all its savor down at 69˚59'. Never mind that I am still north of all of mainland C...
The Great Legacy.com Swindle
07.02.2010
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Last month my dear friend committed suicide, and in the middle of many emotions I came into contact with that part of the Internet that specializes in the business of dying.
My friend's parents had bought an online obituary at the , something I later found out was run ...
Mission: Burfjord
07.12.2010
On my fourth day in a my host Ivar asks me if I would like to come along on a day trip to Burfjord, a little town on the mainland about forty minutes away.
I don't have to think twice. Going to the mainland means a chance to charge my camera battery, use a flush toilet, and buy some grocerie...