South: the Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition
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Thank heaven man is an adaptablebrute! If we dwell sufficiently long in this hut, we are likely toalter our method of walking, for our ceiling, which is but four feetsix inches high at its highest part, compels us to walk bent double oron all fours. "Our doorway--Cheetham is just crawling in now, bringing a shower ofsnow with him--was originally a tent entrance. When one wishes to goout, one unties the cord securing the door, and crawls or wriggles out, at the same time exclaiming 'Thank goodne...ss I'm in the open air!' Thisshould suffice to describe the atmosphere inside the hut, only pleasantwhen charged with the overpowering yet appetizing smell of burningpenguin steaks. "From all parts there dangles an odd collection of blubbery garments, hung up to dry, through which one crawls, much as a chicken in anincubator. Our walls of tent-canvas admit as much light as might beexpected from a closed Venetian blind. It is astonishing how we havegrown accustomed to inconveniences, and tolerate, at least, habitswhich a little time back were regarded with repugnance.
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