Scottish National Antarctic Expedition

[Dr Dave]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Antarctic_Expedition

Nice ship.

 

[CaptainWacky]

I wonder what people did on such long voyages to not go mad. Probably having pride in their achievements helped.

 

[Cassie]

And wanking.

 

[Fuddlemiff]

Reading, scrimshawing, sex with narwhals.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Well they do give me the horn...

 

[Dr Dave]

They danced a lot.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Molesting crewmen was often a popular pasttime.

(It doesn't count as molesting for the ones that were willing)

 

[Fuddlemiff]

Yeah, there was a fair bit of hanky panky in Moby Dick from what I remember. Probably autobiographical on Melville's part.

(Maybe this literary reference will draw out curiousa?)

 

[CaptainWacky]

If it was on Facebook, sure.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Or a word in a mobile Scrabble game.