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Robert Falcon Scott - Part 4: Confronting the harsh realities of exploration
The polar march compressed effort into a narrow corridor of time and exhaustion. From the hut, the world had already been reduced to calculations: meters advanced per man hour, calories expended versus calories received. The delicate arithmetic of sledges, dogs, and weather formed their reality. They left under skies that offered no ceremony nor mercy—the weather simply became the condition of advance.
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