like YOU wouldn't have noticed that

[schmerica]

Reading from my books on Antarctica that came yesterday, I came across this passage, while it's talking about various exploration expeditions:

One of Taff's rare appearances as anything but the Fifth Man is in Beryl Bainbridge's The Birthday Boys, a novel published in 1991. Hanging on the end of a rope with Scott in the Discovery days, Taff clings to the formalities of rank. "Being down a crevasse together," he maintains, "is no excuse for stepping out of line." When I asked Bainbridge why she gave Evans an erection at that point she produced scientific evidence that when suspended down crevasses, men do get erections.

[From Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler.]

Unfortunately, my google skills have failed me once again, and none of the various search strings I have tried have given me any more details about this phenomenon. BOO.

On the other hand, I have learned that the search results for "'ice crevasse' erections" brings up nothing but Due South fanfiction. Hee.

Comments

[c-regalis.livejournal.com]

I have learned that the search results for "'ice crevasse' erections" brings up nothing but Due South fanfiction.

Okay, this is AWESOME.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just?

*moons some more over your icon*

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. That is AWESOME.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I knew my friends list would appreciate it!

[china_shop]

Hee! This entry led me to EotR, and now I am late. Doh! :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Omigosh, ME TOO. I ended up reading the second half of part 1, and even just THAT almost made me cry in anticipation.