[Mears]

I hate to be all “girlie” here but I actually cried when Shackleton ordered the dogs killed.

Very sad.

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[KamperKen]

Amundsen had to do the very same with most of his dogs on the Fram south pole expedition. He wasn’t up for it and had other expedition members do the deed.

[meowmeow]

I hate to be all "girlie" here but I actually cried when Shackleton ordered the dogs killed.

I cried when the cook's cat had to be killed. The cook never forgave him for that.