George E Tyson
Autor(a) de Arctic Experiences: Aboard the Doomed Polaris Expedition and Six Months Adrift on an Ice-Floe
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The Polaris expedition is one of the amazing tales of survival. To live on so little for so long, & to suffer through so much with no losses, is nothing short of miraculous. And although everyone on the floe suffered, Captain Tyson did so even more than the rest of the crew. He seemed to be the only one truly aware of the plight they were in---& Meyer’s instigating certainly did not make things easier.
Stealing & sabotage ran rapid.
[On page 223] Tyson wrote “ But people can’t die when they want to; and when one is full of life and vigor, &only suffering from hunger he don’t want to die. Neither would you.” Surely, life & vigor are the only things that kept him going. One can certainly understand his bitterness on finding the winter encampment of Buddington & the rest of the crew, with stores of provisions abandoned. “There is one thing certain: These men did not suffer from the want of food or fuel.” But at least Tyson felt that “If it is God’s will that we should die by starvation, why let us die like men, not like brutes.” He was just as worthy as the praise he gave to his own Commander Hall.… (mais)