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What follows is a gem taken from The Book That Wasn't*,
a collection
of the very personal accounts of Falkland Islands
Dependencies Survey and
British Antarctic Survey veterans describing what it was
like to live and
work with dogs. In this poem, the first of a series of four
vignettes,
geologist and dog man, Jim Exley (Horseshoe Island, Base Y,
1955/56) describes
"Banshee", lead dog of the Admirals team.
Lost Travellers by Jim Exley It hardly seems a flamin' week,
You'd stand around for all our rest
I stood you for a day or two -
I stopped the team, cursed high and low,
That scene was two - both first and last -
Much later when our sea ice went
Home safe - you'd get a special steak -
It hardly seems a flamin' week,
*The Book That Wasn't was originally published as a limited edition for those people who had in any way contributed to the book Of Dogs and Men by Kevin Walton and Rick Atkinson. That was first published in 1996 by Images of Malvern. The ISDI and The Fan Hitch gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Kevin Walton for granting permission to select and reproduce portions of The Book That Wasn't. |