Mu 1916, boti la ku Germany la U-boat linamiza sitima yapamadzi yochita malonda yomwe inkauluka mitundu ya Allied pagombe la Antarctica, pakati pa Elephant Island ndi Deception Island ku South Shetland Archipelago.
Ankakhulupirira kuti miyoyo yonse yomwe inali m'sitimayo yatayika, pamodzi ndi katundu wake wa chakudya ndi mankhwala opita ku Western Front. Izi zikutanthauza kuti, mpaka munthu mmodzi yekha amene anapulumuka anapezedwa patapita zaka ziwiri mu 1918 pachilumba cha mafunde chomwe sichinatchulidwe n’chakuti chakumpoto chakumadzulo kwa gombe la Antarctic Peninsula.
Wopulumukayo adadziwika kuti ndi Edward Allen Oxford, nzika ya Britain Imperial. Ngakhale kuti padutsa zaka ziwiri, adanena kuti sanapitirire milungu isanu ndi umodzi pachilumba chachikulu chapafupi chomwe adanenetsa kuti chinali chofunda komanso chotentha, chokhala ndi zomera zambiri komanso nyama zakutchire.
Popeza kuti chilumba chimene anamupeza chinali chilumba cha mafunde, sizinkamveka kuti anapulumuka bwanji kwa nthawi yaitali chonchi. Ziribe kanthu, popeza palibe chilumba chotere chomwe chimadziwika kuti chilipo kumwera kwenikweni, ndipo panali kusiyana kwakukulu kwa nthawi pakati pa kuwerengera kwake ndi zenizeni.
Chifukwa chake, Oxford idalamulidwa kukhala 'wamisala' ndi akuluakulu a Imperial - zomwe zinali zodziwikiratu chifukwa cha zomwe zidachitika - ndipo adatumizidwa kumalo ochiritsira ku Nova Scotia kuti achire.
Pamalo amenewo, adakumana ndikukondana ndi Mildred Constance Landsmire, yemwe amatchedwa "bluebird" kapena Mlongo Namwino ndi Canada Army Medical Corps. Anamasulidwa pambuyo pa miyezi 18, ndipo aŵiriwo anakwatirana ndi kusamukira chakumadzulo kukakhala pafupi ndi msuwani wa Oxford amene anali ndi famu yaing’ono ya mkaka m’chigawo cha Quebec; kumene Oxford ankathandiza msuweni wake ntchito zapafamu.
Pambuyo pake Oxford anayamba ntchito ya nkhalango, chifukwa analibe luso la ulimi ndi ulimi. Moyo wantchitowu unamupangitsa kukhala kutali ndi Mildred wake wokondedwa kwa milungu ingapo ndipo nthawi zina miyezi pa nthawi, moyo womwe adaudziwa bwino ngati wamalonda apanyanja.
Panthawiyi, adalemba makalata ambiri kwa mkazi wake, momwe adadzinenera kudzipereka kwake kosatha kwa iye, ndipo m'mene adalemba zambiri za kukumbukira kwake kuti adasokonezedwa pa chilumba chake chotentha chomwe chili pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Antarctica.
Ngakhale kuti boma likukana kuti pali vuto lililonse m'derali, Oxford adasungabe nkhani yake moyo wake wonse, ndipo akukhulupirira kuti adalemba makalata mazana awiri kwa mkazi wake amafotokoza mbali zosiyanasiyana za dziko lokongola lomwe amalipeza kumeneko.
Makalata ambiri omwe anapezeka posachedwapa m’nyumba yawo ya ku Quebec anafotokoza za moyo wake m’misasa yamatabwa ya m’derali, komanso amakumbukira bwino lomwe kuti anali atazunguliridwa pachilumba china chapafupi ndi gombe la Antarctica pa nthawi ya Nkhondo Yaikulu.
Pambuyo pake, mbiri ya Imperial yoposa zaka XNUMX inatsimikizira kuti Edward Allen Oxford anali wamalonda apanyanja, kuti sitima yake inali itagwedezeka, komanso kuti adachira patapita zaka ziwiri popanda chifukwa chomveka cha momwe adapulumutsira. kwa nthawi yayitali m'malo ovuta.
Lero nkhani ya Oxford yaiwalika, ndipo zomwe dziko lonse lapansi lidayika patsogolo pa nkhani yake ndikuti akuluakulu adamutcha "wopenga". Koma palibe amene angafotokoze momwe adapulumutsira kutentha komwe kumayenera kukhala kochepera zero popanda chakudya kwa nthawi yayitali.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za nkhani yachilendo ya Edward Allen Oxford, werengani nkhaniyi yosangalatsa Mabuku Otayika/Apakatikati
Nkhaniyi yasindikizidwanso mwachidule kuchokera Quatrian Folkways Institute/Medium
