Pynchonian explorers

[Scott Badger]

Amundsen quote:

"Adventure is a sign of incompetence"

....probably why you only hear about the Brits...
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe Allonby 
  To: Scott Badger 
  Cc: Lary Wallace ; pynchon-l at waste.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:02 AM
  Subject: Re: Pynchonian explorers


  Amundsen's exploration of the Northwest Passage revolutionized Arctic and Antarctic exploration. He realized that the Eskimo's who lived in that environment were better equipped to survive than the "technologically superior" Europeans who kept inconveniently dying. So he stopped and took the time out of his voyage to learn from them. The things that he learned (travel light, use dogs instead of horses, small ships, high fat diet, natural furs from arctic animals worn loosely instead of commercial textiles, etc) went against the European grain but proved successful. 


  On 11/21/06, Scott Badger <lupine at ncia.net> wrote: 
    Roald Amundsen

    Dr Frederick Cook 

    But, perhaps, most of all, Apsley Cherry-Garrard for his 5 week sledging trip through the antarctic night to gather penguin eggs...should be a Pynchon shoe-in on name alone...


      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Lary Wallace 
      To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
      Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:26 AM
      Subject: Pynchonian explorers

       
      On the AtD wiki, I just saw a photo of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Does he make a cameo in AtD or something? I certainly hope so. Like a lot of readers drawn to Pynchon, I share his fascination with explorers, both fictional and actual, and so I don't think it's at all inappropriate to this discussion to ask everyone who their favorite (real-life) explorers are. I'm a Richard Byrd man myself. 




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