Penguins Practice Prostitution, Promiscuity

In the annals of polar exploration, Robert Scott's 1910 expedition to the Antarctic remains an enduring example of the murderous traps of our coldest continent. During this mythic voyage of bravery, folly and — ultimately — horror, Scott and his colleagues hauled heavy sleds over glaciers and mountains, only to find that Roald Amundsen, a more savvy explorer, had arrived at the South Pole several weeks earlier. Weakened, famished and frostbitten, they then turned and attempted the punishing 900-mile trek to their station at the coast. Two men perished along the way; the rest died bundled in a tent during a blizzard, only 11 miles from a food depot. As he was freezing to death, Scott wrote what is perhaps the most famous diary entry of the 20th century: “We are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.”