"Every incident of that four-and-a-half-hour flight is burned into my recollection because of its crucial position in my life. It marked my loss, at the age of fifty-four, of all that peace and balance which the normal mind possesses through its accustomed conception of external nature and nature's laws. Thenceforward the ten of us … were to face a hideously amplified world of lurking horrors which nothing can erase from our emotions, and which we would refrain from sharing with mankind in general if we could" (Lovecraft 744).
Miskatonic Team Return From Revolutionary, Costly Expedition!
This past Thursday, the Miskatonic University Antarctic Research Team has successfully landed in American port after their sensational journey. Nearly one year after they set out to explore the last frontier on Earth, the expedition has brought back the precious research information and troves of rare and unique fossils. Preliminary cataloging has found the diversity of recovered specimens to indeed live up to the jubilant transmissions sent just over two months ago. But these large advances in biology, paleontology, and geology do come at a great cost. The treacherous cold and gales of the antarctic took the lives of all but a portion of the expedition team and its equipment in a single disastrous storm. Despite this setback, the team of explorers persevered and recovered all the excavated research materials without further incident. Despite this, plans are already being laid for a new expedition to the icy continent in order to pick up where the Miskatonic team left off, and continue the noble scientific mission to finally understand that lifeless continent on the bottom of the world.
Arkham Herald daily edition.
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