Not lost at sea
Happily reading through some history I learned in astounding fact. Back in the good old days those who went exploring often died. While exploring. I would point to those who wandered in the far north and far South. While most of us try to avoid the rigors of winter there were people who used to put together what they called expeditions. Fill a ship with food in men and sail until the end. Did it matter that the end was often death? I doubt they were aware because unfortunately what happens to people when they get lost in the outer limits is often not discovered until years later. Our whole idea of search and rescue was still very primitive and when your ship sailed from the harbour north you were on your own until you came back. Hence you will notice that none of our roads go very far north. Even to Rd. builders it seemed to be too dangerous for the common man. But we still tend to praise those who were the pioneers of travel. We name areas after them and even in the history books children learn that sometimes you just do not get a chance to come home. A veiled warning to children who wander too far after school I guess. I was listening to some music from one of the supergroups from when I was a teenager and it is only now decades later they learn some of the background behind the songs they sang. Thank you, YouTube. You continue to enlarge my education. I would have a hard time getting into a ship and sailing off to the great unknown. I much prefer to know that my port of call has a warm bed and a table with food. No getting out into the wilderness or worse into the open ice packs as so many of those explorers did. There are some frightening tales from those who lived through the rigors of whaling and seal hunting and sailing away. I can assure you that I have not done those things nor do I intend to. I know my limits. As a side note I did find my winter boots yesterday. Before the 1st snowfall. That is a triumph.
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