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2023-04-21 22:32:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5602521683952AD98094D6CE659724DC4BC3ACFE316466725A6596D4F2772CF0
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Historians have been unable to find any evidence this advertisement ever existed: “Not only can no references be found to an original source, searching the Times itself leads to nothing”. Shackleton already had plenty of men to choose from. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shackleton-probably-never-took-out-an-ad-seeking-men-for-a-hazardous-journey-5552379/
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