Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that, during the ill-fated Polaris Expedition, William F. C. Nindemann became ...

TIL that, during the ill-fated Polaris Expedition, William F. C. Nindemann became seperated from the expedition when an ice floe he was on broke off and drifted away. When he was rescued, and returned to America, Nindemann volunteered on a voyage searching for the still missing expedition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._C._Nindemann
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