[jethkl]

Martin Gutmann's recent talk ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Z9IpTVfUg ) supports your point. While Shackleton is celebrated for overcoming disaster, Admunsen reached the south pole by avoiding disaster in the first place. Yet despite Admunsen being more effective, he is not celebrated to the same degree (at least in the US) as Shackleton.

[fifilura]

"he is not celebrated to the same degree (at least in the US) as Shackleton."

As a Scandinavian I am pretty surprised by this, and I did not know. But I guess drama sells in the US :)