{"product_id":"pole-antarctica-the-doomed-1905-gabriel-expedition-to-the-bottom-of-the-world","title":"Pole Antarctica: The Doomed 1905 Gabriel Expedition to the Bottom of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCaptain Hugo Gabriel should be remembered as one of history's greatest explorers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInstead, he's on trial for what may or may not be the worst expedition ever attempted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1905, Gabriel set out to conquer Antarctica with a crew of questionable talent, zero preparation, and an unshakable belief in his own greatness. What followed was a catastrophic journey of infighting, hallucinations, exploding motorcars, a deeply unwise deal with a mad doctor about resurrection, and a fundamental misunderstanding of how exploration actually works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey battled the cold. They battled each other. They battled reality itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey did not, notably, reach the South Pole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, writing from a freezing London prison cell while an angry mob debates the best way to execute him, Gabriel finally tells his side of the story — a version of events that is bold, heroic, and almost certainly untrue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePole Antarctica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a razor-sharp, gleefully absurd satire about ego, delusion, and the fine line between ambition and complete stupidity, from David Guzman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e, UCB Theatre)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Told in Gabriel's own increasingly unreliable words — and interrupted by courtroom cross-examination that keeps calling his story into question — this is the tale of a man determined to make history, no matter how badly it goes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for fans of dark comedy, disastrous-adventure stories, and unreliable narrators who dig their own grave one confident sentence at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Humorist Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51641896730939,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2653\/4016\/files\/71x7df5VxKL._SL1499.png?v=1788231850","url":"https:\/\/humorist.shop\/products\/pole-antarctica-the-doomed-1905-gabriel-expedition-to-the-bottom-of-the-world","provider":"Humorist Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}