Thanks, Felipa. Here are the notes from Rude Awakening; Rude Awakening; One false step in the Antarctic was usually enough... The unfortunate Aeneas McIntosh had already lost an eye on a previous expedition; now after an exhausting nine week journey followed by a hasty and ill considered move, he and Hayward found themselves crossing the recently frozen sea. With the comfort of the base hut nearly in view, a gale blew up and blew them out into the open sea on an ever diminishing piece of ice - with fatal consequences. Douglas Mawson; Douglas Mawson's epic and tragic Antarctic journey has been referred to as probably the greatest story of lone survival in Polar exploration. An Australian geologist, he had been a member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition in 1907/08 and like many other Antarctic explorers of the time was drawn back there in 1911 at the head of his own expedition. A man of incredible determination and strength of character, he weighed 210 lbs. of muscle and bone at the outset of the journey which had become 112 lbs. of skin and bone on his return. (Mawson was born on 5 May 1882 to Robert Ellis Mawson and Margaret Ann Moore. He was born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, but was less than two years old when his family emigrated to Australia. Wikipedia) And the lyrics from Love To Be With You; We pulled up our anchor and set sail in sweet November The day was fine, the sun did shine Such moments I remember Your face so sad and lonely, fading from my view But some small part of me remains with you Chorus Sometimes I feel I must just fly away Sometimes I feel goodbye's a word I just can't say But I'd love to be with you I'd love to be with you Outside the blizzard raging cares not for our distress The bitter taste of failure so nearly sweet success Brave enough we were alas, to no avail Such stories we could tell you Had we lived to tell the tale Chorus The music I heard at the moment I was born Was like crystal raindrops falling at dawn All my life I've listened just to catch one sweet refrain And gave up hope of hearing that sweet sound again I hear it all around me now I hear it all around me now I hear it all around me now I hear it all around me now
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