Anyone from the UK?

there is (was?) also the Gordon Bennett cup, which was a yacht race and also a car race... the former, sort of, gave rise to the America's Cup race. Most of this is from memory.

anyway, he was a crazy character, but with a lot of blood on his hands - the Jeanette disaster was pretty bad (although it did open up the idea of the Arctic drift, used by Nansen later to try and get to the North Pole.

don't get me started on Polar exploration!
 
coffee break time... also, my delivery of bird food is due soon! this is the life! (actually i fucking hate life and wished i hadn't woken up today and every day)
 
there is (was?) also the Gordon Bennett cup, which was a yacht race and also a car race... the former, sort of, gave rise to the America's Cup race. Most of this is from memory.

anyway, he was a crazy character, but with a lot of blood on his hands - the Jeanette disaster was pretty bad (although it did open up the idea of the Arctic drift, used by Nansen later to try and get to the North Pole.

don't get me started on Polar exploration!
Gordon Bennett Cup is a hot Air Balloon race
 
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