Sunday, 31 December 2017

British Polar explorer Ben Saunders echoes Shackleton as he abandons quest to cross South Pole unassisted 

British Polar explorer Ben Saunders echoes Shackleton as he abandons quest to cross South Pole unassisted 

The British Polar explorer Ben Saunders gave up his quest to cross the South Pole echoing Sir Ernest Shackleton’s words that it was better to return home as a ‘live donkey’ than a ‘dead lion’. Mr Saunders, 40, was forced to abandon his mission to cross Antarctica unassisted after ‘ferocious’ weather conditions left him without enough food to complete his journey.
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/12/29/british-polar-explorer-ben-saunders-echoes-shackleton-has-abandons/?source=Snapzu

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