"The loss of the two or three final chapters (for there were but two or three) is the more deeply to be regretted, as, it cannot be doubted, they contained matter relative to the Pole itself, or at least to regions in its very near proximity; and as, too, the statements of the author in relation to these regions may shortly be verified or contradicted by means of the governmental expedition now preparing for the Southern Ocean."
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Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 1838
100 years ago, Amundsen reached the South Pole… The South Pole of Arthur Gordon Pym retains its mystery.
There arose in our pathway a shrouded human figure
Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
(Source: satinlizardlounge)
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