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The initial impetus for this golden era of chasing the South Pole came with a lecture given to the Royal Geographical Society by Professor John Murray, in 1893. Murray claimed that a new Antarctica expedition was necessary now, before any further advances in exploration technology were made, so that decades later humankind would still be singing the praises of the brave men who battled frostbite and death to know more about one of the most frozen, barren, practically worthless pieces of land, for Science.

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rdfs:comment	The initial impetus for this golden era of chasing the South Pole came with a lecture given to the Royal Geographical Society by Professor John Murray, in 1893. Murray claimed that a new Antarctica expedition was necessary now, before any further advances in exploration technology were made, so that decades later humankind would still be singing the praises of the brave men who battled frostbite and death to know more about one of the most frozen, barren, practically worthless pieces of land, for Science.
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abstract	The initial impetus for this golden era of chasing the South Pole came with a lecture given to the Royal Geographical Society by Professor John Murray, in 1893. Murray claimed that a new Antarctica expedition was necessary now, before any further advances in exploration technology were made, so that decades later humankind would still be singing the praises of the brave men who battled frostbite and death to know more about one of the most frozen, barren, practically worthless pieces of land, for Science. "In the future, we may have horseless carriages brave the cold instead of ourselves. In that case, who will be our contemporary heroes? Cyclists? Swimmers? French-speaking men? That sort of thing is unacceptable." It was therefore with a massive infusion of irony that the Belgian Geographical Society sent the first expedition of this new era in geographical inquiry. The British speedily sponsored, with private funds, another expedition -- led by a Norwegian. It was not long before Germany, Sweden and France would attempt to further add to the embarrassment of the Brits. Thus was born the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration -- in an attempt to bash Britain.

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