Discovery Expedition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Expedition

"A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are frequently witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent." -Wikipedia

Today's poem is a limerick, but I've written two versions. The first is a serious ode to the glory of exploration. The second is stupid, as a Limerick is meant to be. They also reflect two different views of the Discovery Expedition. One view is that they weren't very professional, did things a lot less competently than they should have, and their scientific method was on the whole shoddy. The other perspective is that they made great strides in exploring the Antarctic, and the lessons learned from their mistakes paved the way for future missions.

1. (serious)

The fiercest zones of the Earth
Are often thought without worth
But productive journeys
Can be ones where you freeze
And doing so to a new era give birth

2. (appropriately limericky)

Robert Falcon Scott decided his role
Was to explore the South Pole
But productive journeys
Are not ones where you freeze
And subsist on penguin casserole