1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Welcome 2 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you, as ever for 3 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: tuning in. Uh, we hope this story will mouse you. 4 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: That's the worst one we're gonna have today. Hi, I'm Ben. Yeah, 5 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: we hope it starves. I'm no, we hope it stows. 6 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: Is a bit of a moose bush for whatever else 7 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: you've got going on today. Um. Uh, Yeah, we're talking 8 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: about cows. That's we're talking about. We're talking about not 9 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: only cows. We're talking about Guernsey cows, which is the 10 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: thing I didn't know about. Now we're talking about cows 11 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: with really cool names. Um. And we're talking about cows 12 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: that live in Antarctica. Um. Because Antarctica is not really 13 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: known for its hospitable climate. Let's say, and you know, 14 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: cows are sort of creature comfort type beasts. They like 15 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 1: to you know, show on grass and graze and lays 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: around until you know, they get slaughtered or whatever. But 17 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: the milk ones typically they're like, you know, treated like 18 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: a member of the family, right, Ben, So, how did 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: milk cows end up on such a frozen wasteland as Antarctica? Yeah, 20 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: this was a question I posed to our super producer 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: Casey Pegrum, who not only said, not only refused to answer, 22 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: but said he would not appear on today's show. I'm kiddy, 23 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: that's not why he's He's making some major moves. But 24 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: but this is a great story. It involves uh an 25 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: historical figure that's always fascinated me, Rear Admiral Richard E. 26 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: Bird Antarctica bird cows. Uh. These cows did have interesting names. Um, 27 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: here's just the set that seemed real quick. Admiral Byrd 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: took a number of expeditions to Antarctica, and in nineteen 29 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: thirty three, on his second expedition, he had some new 30 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: individuals joined his crew. Klondike gay nera deerfoot Guernsey made 31 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: and foremost Southern girl, and another another individual born in 32 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: the course of the trip. These don't sound like people names, 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: do they They shouldn't, because these are the names of 34 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: three Guernsey cows. That's right, um. And they spent more 35 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: than a year, as you know, producing dairy cows on 36 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica, and then in five 37 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: they returned back to this the you know, I guess, 38 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: the civilized world. Uh. And they were like celebrity cows. Um. 39 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: So you know, let's think about all the logistics that 40 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: take just to even get to Antarctica. You know, it's 41 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: pretty brutal sea voyaged. I mean, as we know, like 42 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: nothing grows there. It requires it's almost like living on 43 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: the moon or something. You've got to be a particular 44 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: type of adventurer to even want to spend any time there. Well, 45 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's gorgeous. A lot can go wrong typically, 46 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: typically it's the realm of you know, pioneering kind of 47 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: adventuring explorers or scientists. Yeah, this is one of those 48 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: places that I got close to visiting goal, but I 49 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: wasn't able to make it happen. I was trying to 50 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: travel with a group just to conserve cost. The average 51 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: cost uh going to Antarctic as like ten grand per person. 52 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: You can get it as low as five grand. But 53 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: it's even now in the modern day, just as a civilian, 54 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: it's it's tough to get there. It was even tougher 55 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: during Admirable Bird's time. To understand why he took these 56 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: cows with him on his second expedition, we have to 57 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: explore what happened on his first expedition. Now Bird was 58 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: a big deal, big big deal born died nineteen fifty seven, 59 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: lived a lot of life in his time. He was 60 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: a naval officer, he was a pioneer in the world 61 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: of aviation, and he was a polar explorer. Today, he's 62 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: probably best known for those explorations of Antarctica. So his 63 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: early experiences after graduating the US Naval Academy in nineteen 64 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: twelve inspired him to make a life goal, a bucket list. 65 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: His experience flying over the sea ice and the glaciers 66 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: of Greenland had inspired him, you know, they gave him 67 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: a hunger. He wanted to fly over the North Pole. Yeah, 68 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,239 Speaker 1: and not just to see Santa's Workshop, because that's definitely 69 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: at the North Pole. But on May nine six Bird 70 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: Uh navigated a flight UM with Floyd Bennett's as serving 71 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: as his pilot UM, and they made what they purported 72 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: to be the first air plane journey over the North Pole. 73 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: They flew from King's Bay uh Spitzbergen, Norway, to the 74 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: North Pole and then returned UM And that was a 75 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: fifteen and a half hour flight UH. And apparently everything 76 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: went off without a hitch, aside from a tiny little 77 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: snapfhoo in the form of an oil leak from the 78 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: starboard engine. Um. And their plane was a Fokker tri 79 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: motor airplane. I love, I love the name Funker. I'm 80 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: not gonna lie um. And they both received the US 81 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism. Uh. And and 82 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: they're intrepiitude because that's also a word. Um. Though there 83 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: was some uh skepticism from certain members of the press 84 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: and the public as to whether their plane actually reached 85 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: the North Pole. But that's a story for another day. 86 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: A rump Indeed, that's a story for another day. We're 87 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: not gonna give air time to these harrumphers. People wouldn't 88 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: get lost in that. They did getting the weeds about 89 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: the facts because Bird was what they would call a 90 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: smoke show. The man was a snack, he was dashing, 91 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: he was handsome, he had been in the Navy. No 92 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: one had died on any of his expeditions so far, 93 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: so people were like, let him have this. He's pretty 94 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: much a celebrity. Uh. He did lose out on the 95 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: prize for the first solo transatlantic flight. Charles Lindberg beat 96 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: him there, and he was very disappointed about this. He 97 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: didn't know what to do. He was in the dulgrums. 98 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: He was sad, he was in his feelings, as we 99 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: would say in the parlance or modern times, and that's 100 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: what he met. One of my favorite historical figures Edward Burns, 101 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: the father of public relations, the man largely responsible for 102 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: the nineteen fifty four UH invasion of Guatemala on the 103 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: US part, and the reason you have bacon for breakfast. 104 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: Also the nephew of Sigmund Freud. We've got a got 105 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: a good episode or two about him over its off. 106 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: They don't want you to know. Bernie said this to Bird, 107 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: who was very depressed at the time. He says, you know, Bird, 108 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: why don't you put Antarctica on the map for Americans? 109 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: Because previously Antarctica had been dominated in a way by 110 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: people from the UK and people from Norway, but no 111 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: one at this point in history it ever actually flown 112 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: over the icy southern waste. As a matter of fact, 113 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: people as pretty wild beliefs about it because no one 114 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: had flown over it. They said, you know, there might 115 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: be dinosaurs there, there might be lost tribes of uncontacted humans. 116 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: Nobody really knew what they would find. And also shout 117 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: out to the Savage Land of Marvel comics, which is 118 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: inspired by some of these beliefs. So Bird took his advice, 119 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: didn't he. That's right. In n Bird decided that he 120 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: wanted to explore unknown parts of Antarctica from the air. Uh. 121 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: He received backing from quite a few financiers, including Ed 122 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: self Ford and John D. Rockefeller. Because, like you said, Ben, 123 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: he was a hottie, he was a public figure. He 124 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: was the modern equivalent of like a reality show star 125 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: or something like that. And he inspired confidence in these 126 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: investors who believed that he could get the job done 127 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: and that it would be a good investment and and 128 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: a good kind of pr move. So um he actually 129 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: beyond that, Um was able to inspire the members of 130 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: the public, yes, the public, to contribute their own money, 131 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: which was estimated to have raised somewhere in the neighborhood 132 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: of four hundred thousand dollars. UM. Because, like he said, Ben, 133 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: it's no cheap trip to go to Antarctica. UM. So 134 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: he mounted his first this is this is also to 135 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: finance a series of expeditions, not just one. Um. So 136 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: he mounted his first voyage to the Antarctic in nineteen 137 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: through nineteen thirty. That was the It would have been 138 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: the biggest expedition ever to have been seen at the time. 139 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: To the continent. He sailed south in October of nineteen 140 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: and he set up a very state of the art 141 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: and stocked base called Little America. It was built, as 142 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,599 Speaker 1: you mentioned the top of the show, on the Ross 143 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: Ice Shelf, which is a very wide ice glacial kind 144 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: of plane shelf of ice that is um bordering the 145 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: raw Sea near an indentation of a cliff of ice 146 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: named the Bay of Whales as in the Big Swimmy 147 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: Boys Wales. So they flew to and from this base 148 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: over the Antarctic continent to observe, to see what they 149 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: could see, right, Yeah, that's correct. Uh. And to step 150 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: back here, this is a lot. The excitement here is 151 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: a lot like the excitement of landing people on the Moon. 152 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: That is how far away and uh mysterious and enigmatic. 153 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: It's hard to go seems this time. So on November 154 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: Bird and three compatriots make the first flight over the 155 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: South Pole in human history. Bird is the navigator. They 156 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: fly from Little America and back in nineteen hours. They 157 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: make history and nothing goes wrong. And for this achievement. 158 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Bird will later be promoted to rear admiral. Fast forward 159 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty three. It's nineteen thirty five. Bird is almost 160 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: a brand name now in the rarefied world of an 161 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: Antarctic expeditions. So there's a second Bird expedition. They're back 162 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: in Little America. They all, they say, this time, we're 163 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: going to map the area around the pole. We're also 164 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: gonna lay claim to this land for Uncle Sam. And 165 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: also we're gonna bring these cows. And here's what happens. 166 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: Here's what There are three main reasons for them to 167 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: bring cattle with them on this expedition. For backgrounds. If 168 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: we haven't if you haven't gotten the sense of this yet, 169 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: Antarctica is a punishing, punishing place. If you were to 170 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: look at a list of the known inhabitants, uh, it's 171 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: it's pretty small. There's sixty seven different types of insects. 172 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: You got seals, you got penguins. Then you've got researchers 173 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: and support staff. So a lot of the stuff that 174 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: Bird and his expeditionary forces would need to survive had 175 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: to be brought with them from a less inhospitable climb. 176 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: And that's why they went to these three reasons that 177 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: convinced them it was a smart idea to bring cattle 178 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: number one, solving what was called the milk problem, which 179 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: is not a weird avant garde album, but it could be. 180 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: It could be. No, Um, it's all about sustainability. It 181 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: kind of makes me think again of like a biodome 182 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: situation or like uh you know, um um, the theoretical 183 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: moon or Martian colony. You'd want to be able to 184 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: grow and sustain your own food since the actual habitat 185 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: would not sustain that, so you have to kind of, 186 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: you know, take it into your own hands. So here's 187 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: the thing. Admiral Bird really liked his milk a lot. Uh. 188 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: He drank apparently purportedly drank two quarts of Guernsey milk 189 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: a day. Uh. And this is all from the reporting 190 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: of the time. Um, you know because this is also 191 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: not only was this like something that was very functional 192 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: for him, it was also a big story because you know, 193 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: as we talked about the logistics of getting these getting 194 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: human beings to Antarctica is absolute nightmare. Let alone, Uh, 195 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: milk cows which were you know, like we said, very 196 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: um kind of they need to be babied a little bit. 197 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: Let's just say it would take a lot of doing 198 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: to get them there in one piece. Another article said 199 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: that although bird had brought plenty of dried and evaporated milk, uh, 200 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: he really needed that fresh Guernsey milk to to start 201 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: his day. So um, the cows were there to solve 202 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: that milk problem. And by the thirties, fresh milk was 203 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: like a big kind of you know, talking about the 204 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: milk campaign of the nineties. In the thirties, milk was 205 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: seen as this like kind of standard bearer of health 206 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: and vitality. So it was really easy to say, I've 207 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: got to have my milk. I can't I go. How 208 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: am I supposed to explore? Uh and and adventure if 209 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: I don't have my fresh milk. Yep. And whenever there's 210 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: this marketing piece of of giant projects like this, I 211 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: always wonder if whether Bernet's had a hand in the 212 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 1: milk jug here. Uh. The weird thing is it didn't 213 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: have to be fresh Gurnsey milk. We know that powdered 214 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: or malted milk could have some of the same results 215 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: previous expeditions, just like the famous rolled Ammondson expedition have 216 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: been just fine with powdered milk. Also, there was a 217 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: sponsor for birds second Antarctic expedition. I mean there were 218 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: lots of sponsors, but one of the sponsors was William 219 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: Horlick of the apparently world famous Horlicks malted milk, which 220 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: is is still a thing and for funding this. By 221 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: the way, this malted milk tycoon did get a mountain 222 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: range named after him. So that's that's our first reason. 223 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: Of three, fresh milk wasn't actually a health requirement. Other 224 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: forms of milk were available, So why go to the 225 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: trouble of lugging these cows and all their all their 226 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: cow stuff across the ice. Well there's a second reason, 227 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: and that reason is publicity. Baby, Let's get this in 228 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: the minds of the public. Let's get this in the 229 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: newspaper headlines. Let's have some human interest here. Uh. There's 230 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: a great paper by Elizabeth Lean and hann E. F. 231 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: Nielsen which proves that Bird did have another motive, which 232 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: his publicity. He knew that he would get some love 233 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: in the press for being the first person to fly 234 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: over the South Pole, but this second expedition and needed 235 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: to get judged up a little because it focused on 236 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: scientific endeavors, measuring nice caps, spotting meteors, it didn't have 237 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: as many dramatic stunts, so adding the cows here made 238 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: the press more likely to cover it, you know what 239 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: I mean. Yeah, and those researchers that you mentioned. Ben 240 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: Um added that the cows created some novelty and newsworthiness 241 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: to an expedition which, in contrast to birds first Antarctic adventure, 242 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: threatened to be a little bit dull. So this kind 243 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: of added a little bit of spice to it, um, 244 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: and it created more news opportunities and more sponsorship opportunities 245 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: and fundraising. Um. So everybody likes a good first, right, 246 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: So the first milk cows on Antarctica. That makes for 247 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: a pretty sexy headline. Since the bi expedition was privately 248 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: funded um and Bird was a fantastic media kind of attractor, 249 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: Like he was really good at getting coverage for all 250 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: the reasons we mentioned, his backers did expect to get 251 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: paid back or to to to get a return on 252 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: their investment, whether it was in the form of publicity 253 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: for their products um or you know, mentions of of 254 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: their companies or what have you. On these regular radio 255 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: updates that took place with the expedition. That's kind of funny. 256 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: It's almost like the equivalent of like being a race 257 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,119 Speaker 1: car driver and like wearing all of these like sponsors 258 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: logos on your racing uniform. Um, he would literally have 259 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: to name drop these sponsors. Uh. So you know, at 260 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: the time, it would have been pretty fair conclusion to 261 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: draw that the real reason that Bird took the cows 262 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: was for that publicity first and foremost. But it turns 263 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: out that he may also have had a little bit 264 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: more of a shadow o e political motivation. Yes, the 265 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: reason number three a geo political motivation. See, nothing exists 266 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: in a vacuum. Folks and cows had this association in 267 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: history and the zeitgeist with settlement, With colonial settlement, the 268 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: US had fallen a little bit behind an empire building 269 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: and over the course of the late eighteen hundreds the 270 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: early twentieth century. By the time the nine twenties and 271 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: thirties came around, a bunch of other countries Argentina, Great Britain, France, 272 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: they had claimed chunks of Antarctica, and the US was 273 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: at a geographic disadvantage. You know what I mean, it's 274 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: pretty far away from the South Pole. So Bird wanted 275 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: to establish a slice of the pie for the US, 276 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: even little even Little America. By the way, it was 277 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: founded on land that the British had laid clay to. 278 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: So he thought, if I build this place like a 279 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: frontier town, and I call it Little America, then we 280 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: can you know, we can inculcate ourselves. We can stake 281 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: a permanent claim. And so in his mind when he 282 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: thinks of this kind of frontier wild West vibe, he says, 283 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: what is a little America without a little dairy farm? 284 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: It makes sense if you've been brainstorming in the writer's 285 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: room for a while, it's exactly be a little punchy, right, Yeah, No, 286 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: it's true. Um, it was that kind of level of homesteading, 287 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: right almost, because you can't just stick a flagon and 288 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: say it's yours. You have to have a settlement based 289 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: on the huge doctrine, that's right. You gotta put the 290 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: work in the huge doctor and says that a claim 291 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: has to be based on a settlement, not just uh, 292 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: the virtue of discovery. So how does one show a 293 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,719 Speaker 1: settlement or the evidence of a settlement on a continent 294 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: that's absolutely inhospitable and covered an ice. So this was 295 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: all These were all borderline symbolic gestures, right, like the 296 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: idea of setting up a post office, or having a 297 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: small farm, or the presence of like domesticated animals and 298 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: cattle since they are kind of like have this legacy 299 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: as sort of these bellweathers of colonialism and frontier settlement. 300 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: It was all about optics. Bird was a master at 301 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: kind of like painting this narrative, right. Yeah, it made 302 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: people get nostalgic for the good old days of frontier 303 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: settling and you know, like going out on the range 304 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: and making a new world of your own, you know, 305 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: I mean, it really was. He was kind of selling 306 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: dreams here a little bit. And this symbolism was successful 307 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: in the American press. The US ultimately did not end 308 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: up making a claim to any large sector of Antarctica. 309 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: Uh So the press worked, but it didn't work long term. Anyhow. 310 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the journey for the actual cows, you 311 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: know what I mean, the actual I guess, the symbols 312 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: of the story. So in ninety three, these three cows 313 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: are loaded onto the SS Jacob Rupert. Of course, we 314 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: mentioned there was foremost southern girl. She's from New York. 315 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: Deerfoot guernsey made from Massachusetts. And Klondike gay Neiras from 316 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: North Carolina. Klondike is the one who is pregnant. That's 317 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: why a bull is born on the way. Uh Bird 318 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: had struck this deal with the American Guernsey Cattle Club, 319 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: and the carpenter of the expedition was also in charge 320 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: of the cattle. And then all the other stuff that 321 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: supported the cows. How clever is this? It came from 322 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: donations from those sponsors we talked about. Someone's like, here's 323 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: ten tons of feed. Someone else is like, here's a 324 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: bunch of farm equipment for Little America. And then someone's like, 325 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: here's a milking machine. This is this is a great gig, 326 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And the cows had an 327 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: okay life on board. What was it three months? I 328 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: think it took three months. Can you imagine? Like I said, 329 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: they need a little bit of hand holding. These cows, 330 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: they can easily get spooked and they really do need 331 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: to be taken care of or else they can waste away. 332 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: And you know, an unhappy cow does not make good milk. 333 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: That's just a fact. Everybody knows that yeah. So the 334 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: the calf that's born this bull is named Iceberg, and 335 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: it's like it's like the Child and the Mandalorian. To 336 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: avoid spoilers, this becomes a media darling and all the 337 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: newspapers are like Iceberg bowing on the trip to Antarctica, 338 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: the foundation of a little America, etcetera, etcetera. It's great, 339 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: but the cows lives in Antarctica, we're actually pretty rough. Surprise. 340 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't I don't think that's a spoiler. Their lives 341 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: kind of in terms of quality life, it was very low. 342 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: They didn't have a lot of cow fun and they 343 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of cow room. What a cows 344 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: do for fun? They just sort of prance. Gray's cows 345 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: like music. Cows from deep emotional bonds. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 346 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: and uh and you can see cows dance sometimes if 347 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: they like stuff. That's true. Uh. This is completely unrelated. 348 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: But if anyone is familiar with the very interesting and 349 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: psychedelic UH animator Syriac, I think his last name is 350 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: Harris Um. He has a really great video. It's called 351 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: Cows and Cows and Cows Uh, and I highly recommend 352 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: you checking it out. It involves dancing cows um and 353 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: it's done with after effects and it is absolutely a 354 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: delight look for cows and cows and cows to see 355 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: some super trippy cow dancing. And if the cows in 356 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: Little America were dancing, they weren't. They weren't dancing in 357 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: a very big space. They didn't have a lot of room. 358 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: When the ship landed, the cows were taken from the 359 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: vessel by crane and they were put on the ice 360 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: One of the cows immediately tried to go back on 361 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: the ship. It was like, this is not cool, this 362 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 1: is not the outside I know. And uh, the cows, 363 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: the four cows remember, because Iceberg was born on the way, 364 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: they're moved into a little underground dog town and the 365 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: only relaxation they had was a weekly walk down the tunnels, 366 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: and then they would get you know, all these wild 367 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: puppies from the six huskies that lived there too. All 368 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: these wild puppies would like jump all over them, uh 369 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: and want to play with them. And the only grass 370 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: they eat is like a year old. So the people 371 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: on the ground are saying, you know, the cows are 372 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: not having a great time, and other people are saying 373 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: when they get back, they're going to be worth twenty 374 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: thousand dollars and will all you know, they'll be celebrities. 375 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: But it seemed like it was I don't know, it 376 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: seems like it was tough. And you can tell from 377 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: writing of the Times that the cows were having a 378 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: tough life to Klondike even got frostbite and had to 379 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:13,719 Speaker 1: be put down. R I P. Klondike. Um. Yeah, I mean, 380 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 1: like we said, it's not really a place where cows 381 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: would typically thrive. So there is you know, when you 382 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: think about the motivation that went into this, uh, and 383 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: you think about the political and the optical kind of 384 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: like press motivations putting these cows through those situations, it 385 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: kind of borders on animal cruelty and in some respects 386 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: when you say, ben, yeah, you can tell because their 387 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: milk production falls off pretty quickly. Bird himself notes that 388 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: originally the cows gave up the forty quarts of milk 389 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: a day, and this later slowed to a trickle. So 390 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: after Klondike unfortunately passes away, the other cows do survive, 391 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: and eventually the three other cows County Iceberg, remember baby Iceberg, 392 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: these are baby Yota of this. Eventually they make it 393 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: back to the US. But the whole time they're in 394 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 1: there in an arcticle, and the whole time that they're 395 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: on the way back the US, various members of the 396 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: U S public and business fear are making money hand 397 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: over fist capitalizing on this because no one owns the 398 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,640 Speaker 1: rights to talk about the cows, right, so New York 399 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: newspapers are using it as their human interests or cattle 400 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: interest story totally. And then we've got the sponsors again. 401 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: Laura Dairy Feed, which you know sponsored the expedition and 402 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: provided the food for the cows, put out a leaflet 403 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: about the quote first cows to ever venture into the 404 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: frozen wastes of the South Pole region. Uh. In addition 405 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: to that newspaper coverage you mentioned. And then when Bird 406 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: returned from a not particularly successful solo expedition, it was 407 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: written um in the Guernsey Breeders Journal, an article that 408 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: detailed his recovery. He was was very um malnourished when 409 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: he got back and detailed how milk, with its calcium 410 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: rich bounty, got him back on his feet. Uh. And 411 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: they called it quote the milk really pulled me out 412 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: of my tail spin nice and the cows were celebrities too. 413 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: They got this joyous welcome upon their return. People were 414 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: jubilant to see Iceberg in person. And the cows were 415 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: given hay cocktails at these ritzy hotels. Uh. They were 416 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: even featured on the front page of the New York Times, 417 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: which is the definition of making it. And these hay 418 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: cocktails were This is interesting. The New York Times, as 419 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: we said, writes about this uh in May fifteen. The 420 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: hay cocktails are heaps of hay with cracked ice, which 421 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: I think is the very last thing those cows would 422 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: one after being in Antarctica for so long. Uh. Also, 423 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: Southern Girl was indifferent to the speeches made by the 424 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: various people of note at the Commodore Hotel. Uh. And 425 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: Southern Girl never lost this shaggy winter coat she grew 426 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: during the expedition. Uh. They made media appearances, they did 427 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: the circuit. UH. Their legends spread via a documentary called 428 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: Guernsey's Discover Antarctica, and they stayed in the US. Bird 429 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: went to the Antarctic multiple other times, and he played 430 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: a huge role in establishing McMurdo's station, the American base, 431 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: but he never bought cows with him again. And at 432 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: this point in one keep having to remind myself one, Uh, 433 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: nobody has brought a cow there since this was the 434 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: only time so far. So if you want to make history, 435 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: and you've got ten thousand dollars to get yourself down there, 436 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: and you've got a number of sponsors to help you 437 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: get some cattle down there, then you could give it 438 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: a go. I gotta say bad. I mean, if it's 439 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars for a perfectly mobile you know, human, uh, 440 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: what must it be for a cow? It would require 441 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: specialized equipment and you know, housing and to get into 442 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: denuminantly to get on the you know, the flight or 443 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: the ship voyage, but then to get across the frozen 444 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: tundra to the base. I mean, if it's ten k 445 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: for a human, I bet it's gotta be three times 446 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: that for a cow. Yeah. And you know, I don't 447 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: mean to be a grumpy Guernsey about it, but I 448 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: don't see I don't see much potential for cows to 449 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: visit there again in the near future. But what a story. 450 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: And this is just one of many of birds Adventures. 451 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: Highly recommend you check out some of his other stuff, 452 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: like Operation High Jump. What's that this is something that's 453 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: a lot of fun for people who believe in conspiratorial things. 454 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: But according to the U. S. Navy, operation High Jump 455 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: took place in through forty seven and they were testing 456 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: how to train people in frigid condition and they were 457 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: also trying to extend us severenity over the Antarctic continent. 458 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: It's great, it's it's good reading. It doesn't have very 459 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: much cow content though, so if you're reading stories for cows, 460 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: I would stick with UM. I would stick with some 461 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: other stuff, you know, maybe a Wild West story. Well 462 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: I will. If you want something that does have a 463 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: lot of cow contents, premium cow content, check out the 464 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: documentary Guernsey's Discover Antarctica, which apparently has some footage of 465 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: of Little Iceberg quote frisking on the ice barrier at 466 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: the tender age of two months. This was made after 467 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: all three of those cows retired, and this kind of 468 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: is their legacy. As you mentioned, Ben Bird did continue 469 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: to make multiple expeditions to the Antarctic and eventually established 470 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: a the current American base there, McMurdo station. What a tale, 471 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: What a tale? And we are moving on today. Get it. 472 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: But we would like to hear from you. Let us 473 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: know some of your favorite animal stories from days gone by, 474 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: especially if they're obscure, and especially if they're super weird. 475 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: You can find us on the internet. Where on Facebook 476 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: or on Twitter? Where on Instagram we like to recommend 477 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: ridiculous history. On Facebook, we've got some brand new mods. 478 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: Go say hello to them. And while you're online, you 479 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: can also find us as individuals. You can find me. 480 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: I am at how Now Noel Brown on Instagram, how 481 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: about you Ben? I am at Ben Bulling hs W 482 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: on Twitter. I am also at Ben Bulling on Instagram. 483 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: And I just I just got onto this thing called Clubhouse, 484 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: which is pretty pretty interesting. Well you got in the clubhouse. Yeah, 485 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm a clubhouse guy. Now, how did you get in 486 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: the clubhouse. I thought it was very exclusive? I want 487 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: to get in the clubhouse. Well, I've still try it 488 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: it out. We'll see how it works out. But you 489 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: have to get an invite. You got an inside scoop. Ben. 490 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: It was weird. It was a weird series of events. 491 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. It's it's because of my 492 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: standing in the Antarctic cat all industry. Interesting. Okay, well 493 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: hook your brother up. Then I've been I've been dying 494 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: to try out some clubhouse. Huge thanks super producer Casey 495 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: Pegraham here in spirit along with Christopher Haciota is looking 496 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: down on us from on high Um. Jonathan Strickland to 497 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: the quister Um, Alex Williams, who composed our theme, and 498 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: of course Gabe Blues. Yeah, our own Admiral Byrd also thinks, 499 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: of course to our pure podcaster Eve's Jeff Cope, please 500 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: check out this day in history class. Um. I do 501 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: want to recommend you know, if you can't, I don't know. 502 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: If you got to go to one pole, you can 503 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: either take the fifty let Kobody, which is a Russian 504 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: icebreaker to the North Pole that means fifty years of 505 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: victory um, or you can get to Antarctica. I can't. 506 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: I want to hear from someone who's been to Antarctica. Man, 507 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: would you ever go? I think I would consider it 508 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: if I had the right crew, just to do like 509 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: a reenactment of the thing exactly. Yeah, definitely I want 510 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: that part where like the weird wolf tentnacle monster pops 511 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: out of my chest cavity. I guess we'll uh, you're 512 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: gonna do the thing, gonna do the line, I'm gonna 513 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: do the thing. What's the what, what's the line, the 514 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: line We'll see you next. Tip, Oh yeah, we'll see 515 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: you next. For more podcasts for my heart Radio, visit 516 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you 517 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.