Muna 1916, chikepe chekuGermany cheU-boat chakanyudza ngarava yemugungwa yevatengesi yaibhururuka mavara eAllied kubva pamhenderekedzo yeAntarctica, imwe nzvimbo pakati peElephant Island neDeception Island muSouth Shetland Archipelago.
Zvaitendwa kuti mweya yese yaive mungarava yakanga yarasika, pamwe nemutoro wayo wechikafu uye zvekurapa zvakaenda kuWestern kumberi. Ndiko kuti, kutozosvikira mumwe mupukunyuki awanikwa makore maviri gare gare muna 1918 pachitsuwa chine mvura chisina kutaurwa nezita chiri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweAntarctic Peninsula.
Akapona akazvizivisa saEdward Allen Oxford, mugari weBritish Imperial. Pasinei nemakore maviri akanga apfuura, akataura kuti akanga avharirwa kwemavhiki asingapfuuri matanhatu pachitsuwa chikuru chaiva pedyo chaakaramba achisimbirira kuti chaidziya uye chinopisa, chine miti yakawanda nemhuka dzomusango.
Sezvo chitsuwa chaakawanikwa chaiva chitsuwa chine mvura zhinji, hazvina kunzwisiswa kuti akanga ararama sei kwenguva yakareba kudaro. Zvisineyi, sezvo pasina chitsuwa chakadaro chaizivikanwa kuvapo kure kure kumaodzanyemba, uye pakanga paine musiyano mukuru wenguva pakati pekuverenga kwake uye chokwadi.
Naizvozvo, Oxford yakanzi 'inopenga' nevakuru veImperial - izvo zvaive pachena mhedzisiro yemamiriro ezvinhu - uye yakatumirwa kunzvimbo yekurapa muNova Scotia kuti apore.
Panzvimbo iyoyo, akasangana ndokudanana nemumwe Mildred Constance Landsmire, anonzi "bluebird" kana Sista Mukoti ane Canadian Army Medical Corps. Akasunungurwa pashure pemwedzi 18, uye vaviri vacho vakaroorana ndokutamira kumadokero kuti vanogara pedyo neimwe hama yapaOxford yaitarisira purazi duku remukaka muruwa rweQuebec; uko Oxford akabatsira muzukuru wake nemabasa epapurazi.
Oxford akazotanga basa remusango sezvo akanga asina ruzivo rwekurima nekurima. Iri basa-hupenyu hwakaita kuti ave kure nemudiwa wake Mildred kwemavhiki uye dzimwe nguva mwedzi panguva, mararamiro aaive anyatsoziva semutengesi wegungwa.
Munguva iyi, akanyora tsamba dzakawanda kumudzimai wake, umo aiti akazvipira kusingaperi kwaari, uye umo akanyora zvakanyanya ndangariro dzake dzekuve akamiswa pachitsuwa chake chinopisa chiri pamhenderekedzo yeAntarctica.
Zvisinei nekurambwa kuri pamutemo kwenzvimbo iyi mudunhu, Oxford akanamatira kunyaya yake kwehupenyu hwake hwese, uye anofungidzirwa kuti akanyora tsamba mazana maviri kumudzimai wake achitsanangura zvakasiyana-siyana zvenyika inoyevedza yaanofungidzirwa kuti akawana ikoko.
Mazhinji etsamba dzakawanikwa nguva pfupi yadarika muimba yavo yeQuebec dzakarondedzera hupenyu hwake mumisasa yematanda yenharaunda iyi, pamwe chete nendangariro dzake dzakajeka dzekumiswa pachitsuwa chinofungidzirwa kuti chinopisa chiri pamhenderekedzo yeAntarctica munguva yeHondo Huru.
Pakupedzisira, zvinyorwa zvehurumende zveImperial pamusoro pemakore zana zvakasimbisa kuti Edward Allen Oxford akanga ari mushambadzi wegungwa, kuti chikepe chake chakanga chaputika, uye kuti akadzorerwa makore maviri gare gare pasina tsananguro ine musoro yekuti akakwanisa sei kurarama. kwenguva yakareba mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma kudaro.
Nhasi nyaya yaOxford yakanganwika, uye icho nyika yese yakaisa pamberi penyaya yake ndechekuti vakuru vakuru vakamuti "anopenga". Asi hapana aikwanisa kupa tsananguro yekuti akararama sei mune inonzi sub-zero tembiricha pasina chikafu kwenguva yakareba.
Kuti uzive zvakawanda nezve nyaya isinganzwisisike yaEdward Allen Oxford, verenga chinyorwa ichi chinonakidza pa Mabhuku Akarasika/Medium
Ichi chinyorwa chakatsikiswa zvakare muchidimbu kubva Quatrian Folkways Institute/Medium
