Taking historical re-enactment a little too far

[inulro]

BBC2's Blizzard: Race to the Pole re-creates Scott & Amundsen's race to the South Pole in 1911, using period equipment and period food (eurgh!).

They are travelling through Greenland and not actually to the South Pole. I feel cheated.

I'm easily amused, so otherwise the first episode was quite good. Be warned that I do find the phenomenon of polar exploration more amusing interesting than most people.

Comments

[scathe.livejournal.com]

I saw that too, mainly by accident, but, yes, it was entertaining. I thought the most telling part was where after the British team had been having all sorts of trouble with one of the sled dogs being on heat the commentator noted "Amundsen had a bitch who came on heat too. He shot it."

[inulro.livejournal.com]

That, and the fact that it was obvious to the Norwegians that the weather is something to be worked with, not fought against.