Fiwg Below you can see a biscuit or, as we uncouth Americans would more likely call it, cracker from Shackleton 1907 Nimrod expedition. Shackleton who is second from the left in the photo up top undertook three expeditions to the South Pole. Considering he died of a heart attack during the third expedition and the second expedition was abruptly cut short when the Endurance got trapped in pack ice albeit with no loss of life, thanks to Shackleton incredible journey to find help the first expedition really has to be stanley germany considered his most successful foray to the South Pole, if only by default Indeed, while the Nimrod Expedition didn ;t feature the raw awesome of taking a lifeboat 920 miles over stormy freezing seas and then climbing through uncharted mountain terrain to find help and save his men, it still accomplished plenty. On this 1907 expedition, Shackleton made it to within 112 miles of the South Pole, by far the closest approach until Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott finally made it all the way the stanley cup re a few years later. The Nimrod expedition also carried out extensive scientific research and managed the first successful of Antartica second highest volcano, Mount Erebus. stanley us And the biscuit you can see on the left is a perfectly preserved relic of the Nimrod Expedition. Made by Huntley 038; Palmers, the foodstuff was meant to provide energy and protein. It was far from a delicacy it likely didn ;t Qjxe Like the Rosetta Stone, the Epoch clock helps you convert from one langu af1 age to another鈥攐r, in this case, numbering systems. It displays time in multiple forma crocs ts Standard, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary, Roman so you can impress your nerdy friends with your knowledge. It kind of like learning Spanish, only less useful. The Epoch Clock is available now from Think Geek for $50, but if you are looking for something a little more straightforward, the Verbarius clock from Art Lebedev should fit the bill nicely. art-lebedev-verbarius-word-clock-lightning-review-5098802 Features: 鈥isplays the time in multiple formats: Standard, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary, Roman 鈥nix epoch time display 鈥ay, month, year display 鈥ate yeezy display and Unix epoch display can be turned off/on 鈥?2-hour AM/PM or 24-hour military time 鈥larm clock with snooze and two volume settings 鈥ack-up power from two AA batteries 鈥SB port on back provides output power 鈥wesome LED display 鈥imensions: 7 8243; x 2.6 8243; x 2.2 8243; 鈥omes with: Clock, AC power adapter, instructions, conversion chart for the weak minded Daily Newsletter
