Sheesh, Dan, Easter was just hours away......I can think of a lot of people that should be pretty damned close to the fire…for eternity.
Sheesh, Dan, Easter was just hours away......I can think of a lot of people that should be pretty damned close to the fire…for eternity.
Tremendous observation. I have a couple of Shackleton books and have read most of the books on this subject, but it never crossed my mind. I think you're spot-on.The age of polar exploration was 1897-1922, your pipe was made right smack in the middle of that. The "Heroic Age" was rife with popular culture much like Egypt-mania. Polar explorers were superstars in their day. Your pipe looks like it was probably made to commemorate/capitalize on that.