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Dog sled team on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They killed all the dogs for their personal glory.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They did the expedition for personal glory. Some died in transport. Some died in accidents. They ate the dogs because it was efficient to not bring extra food in case of problems.

Of the 50 that they purchased for the expedition, 2 survived.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Wow. I didn't eat through it before, but just saw that other comment that they ended up with 12 at the end. Not really accurate when they were supplied with well over 50.

E: 72 it looks like

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The 12 came because they got 21 more from Amundsen who just finished his trip to the South Pole.

"At the western base two dogs survived to accompany the party home.

Three pups had survived at the main base and their numbers were supplemented by 21 dogs donated to Mawson by Roald Amundsen on his return from the South Pole. Eleven of Amundsen's dogs were shot almost immediately to conserve the food supplies."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

So 74 then? Crazy. They just treated them as tools.