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I like anything to do with good design such as interior design, architecture, photography, and art. I enjoy philosophy and psychology. I love to figure out what makes individuals tick. Music of most all types but particularly classical, world, pop, acoustic guitar is a big part of my life and add some dance to the music and my day is great! I like to write and occasionally I will write poetry and I really love to read it out loud and I even record it sometimes.

I'm a Myers-Briggs type ENFJ which means I love people and have a great interest in them.

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    A Stranded Photographer Who Survived for a Year on Penguin Steaks

    There were no cameras in 1492, so we will never know exactly what it was that Christopher Columbus and his crew saw during their first week in the “New World,” 520 years ago. Fortunately, photography was invented in time to document the exploits of other historic explorers. In the early 20th century, advanced photo sales could actually help fund an expedition. It is thanks in part to this financial incentive that we have the incredible images below, taken by Australian photographer Frank Hurley on Ernest Shackleton’s epic Antarctic Expedition.

    The images, which are currently on view at the Ralls Collection in Washington, D.C., help us understand how an expedition that went so horribly wrong still managed to have a happy ending. In October 1914, shortly after the beginning of World War I, polar explorer Sir Shackleton, 27 men (including one stowaway), 69 sled dogs, and one cat set sail from Buenos Aires to Antarctica. Though the South Pole had already been discovered, they aimed to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent (1,800 miles) on foot. Less than 85 miles from the starting point of their hike, the Endurance became trapped and frozen in the ice. Cut off from the rest of the world, they lived on the ship for another 10 months, occupying themselves by playing games, performing skits, and becoming expert hunters of penguins and seals.

    (Source: Slate)

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