This morning I went to an exhibition about Captain Scott and his fatal trip to the Antarctic in 1912. One thing that particularly struck me as incredible was the plight of the "Northern team" who were forced to live in a cave they hollowed out of ice for 6 months living mainly off of penguins and seals they had to catch and kill. Once they were certain that no one was coming to rescue them they trekked across the frozen ocean and eventually found their base camp and all lived happily ever after. Despite being so weak they were blighted by illness and on the brink of death they managed to muster up the will power to hike for miles on end. This is undoubtedly an remarkable thing, and one that I would recommend that you do a little research into if you have 5-10 minutes spare. I am going through something similar to that right now too, you see when I got in from the exhibition I subjected myself to 90 minutes of history revision. After all but losing the will to live I decided to have a short break and write this blog before going back and revising the golden years of the Weimar Republic. I am undoubtedly showing will power at least comparable to that shown by the Northern team*.
*Obviously I'm joking, they are 6 men so mentally strong that it is bordering on ridiculous whereas I am an annoying grumpy teenager who doesn't realise how lucky I have it.
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