Lord Bently Kruggerand: "Prince of Harpoons"

"Its amazing how often one needs his pike up here, and its no bloody good if its rusty!" Says Veteran seaman Lord Bently of his trusty harpoon in a recent transmission from the Straight of Hubris, Antarctica. He is of the rare mind that good old hand chucked barb is best means of spearing; no modern alternative will do. Kruggerand has piloted his brig, the Rutherford B. Hayes into icy channels previously too daunting for science. Tales of a sunken pirate vessel on the frigid basement of the Ross sea was what piqued Bently's adventurous temperament.

After a month in Cape horn gathering supplies and able men, the Hayes set sail for Antarctica where it was harbored for another month at McMurdo Sound to acquire abler men then the previous crew. Finally in February, 2008 the mission proper was ready to go, but it would be another two months before Lord Bently's preferred brand of pipe tobacco arrived from Halifax and they could take to the Ross sea. Towards the end of May the Rutherford B. Hayes docked at Camp Michigan such that Kruggerand could see the publication of his paper "Debonair at Will: a Study aboard the Rutherford B. Hayes" in time for the Royal Maritime Academic Initiative's yearly conference. Another crew needed to be assembled at this point to replace the disillusioned former. Full speed ahead in time for the Antarctic winter the crusader pulled anchor and it was off to the Straight of Hubris.