"Side splitting fun" aboard Endurance

Orde-Lees Journal, May 19, 1915

Aboard Endurance, May 19, 1915

We have had side splitting fun this evening. Everyone submitted to having their hair cropped close with shears. Rickinson, our chief engineer, really has very handsome dark, wavy hair and was not at all anxious to have it off, so in fun he told Sir Ernest that he would let him cut it if Sir Ernest would afterwards permit him to cut his.

This Sir Ernest readily agreed to, so now we are all practically bald, leader and all. Hurley, whose hair runs to black wool was also reluctant to part with it, but finally submitted and really he looks the better for it.

Later he took a flash light group of us all.

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