The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
by Krzysztof Sienicki
A comment on Chris Turney's and Bill Alp's manuscripts
In here, I will not comment on the particularities of both articles, which are related to a previous article by Turney. Instead, I'm interested in recognizing the last and indeed summary line from Turney's comment, i.e.
- It is a great shame that the value of the new research findings reported in the article are not recognised by Mr Alp.
Captain Scott’sjourney to the South Pole was a definitive spatiotemporal event. The event was naturally bounded by all variables related to the journey; human (I'm ignoring here the dogs and ponies.)and physical.
Primary human variables included prior traits and function (position) assigned later during the expedition. Secondary human variables, which finally turned to be a determining factor in Scott’s, Wilson’s, Bowers’, and Oates’deaths (P. O. Evans perished due to natural causes.), included all transcendental reminiscences of all past and future social issues back home.
The primary physical variables included all variables contributing to what in today's terms we call logistics. And the secondary physical variables, which continue to be secondary, included all geophysical variables. The above was supported (supplemented) by a limited volume of in situ diaries and notes, letters, and post-expedition recollections.
