A computer generated image of how the Edgar Evans statute might look to passers by in Swansea
Tags: Roger Andrews, Scott Polar Research Institute, The Scott Expedition, Tony Colburn
What is the status of this statue? I always thought it should have a few verses from a W S Graham poem on the plaque beneath it
“Who is the King of Whales? What is
He like? Well you may ask. He is
A kind of old uncle of mine
And yours mushing across the blind
Ice-cap between us in his furs
Shouting at his delinquent dogs.
What is his purpose? I try to find
Whatever it is is wanted by going
Out of my habits which is my name
To ask him how I can do better.
Tipped from a cake of ice I slid
Into the walrus-barking water
To find. I did not find another
At the end of my cold cry.”
Always thought it was about Edgar Evans
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What is the status of this statue? I always thought it should have a few verses from a W S Graham poem on the plaque beneath it
“Who is the King of Whales? What is
He like? Well you may ask. He is
A kind of old uncle of mine
And yours mushing across the blind
Ice-cap between us in his furs
Shouting at his delinquent dogs.
What is his purpose? I try to find
Whatever it is is wanted by going
Out of my habits which is my name
To ask him how I can do better.
Tipped from a cake of ice I slid
Into the walrus-barking water
To find. I did not find another
At the end of my cold cry.”
Always thought it was about Edgar Evans