Conquest of the South Pole

by MK Wolfe

adapted from ‘The Conquest of the South Pole’ by Manfred Karge

6 M 2 W

_{Unemployed Rumford, Maine mill workers recreate Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s  grueling, ground-breaking trek to the South Pole in their attic hangout, using hanging sheets to represent the glacial wasteland.  The journey of their imagination empowers them amidst the gut-wrenching hardships of their current situation, and the final results are startling and life-changing.}