I figured this is a topic which would appeal to my fellow Australian readers. and it serves as a nice intro to a series of posts on Australian Army Lightweight/Patrol rations from the 1940s to the present day. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-06-25 17:52:22 Bookplateleaf 0009 Boxid IA1149001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Alexandria, Va. Donor Freddy Spencer Chapman's account of his years in the Malayan jungle fighting the Japanese, and one of the most memorable accounts of warfare to emerge from World War 2. Chapman was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to Gino Watkins' 1930–31 British Arctic Air Route Expedition. Expedition members included John Rymill and Augustine Courtauld. He also joined Watkins' subsequent fatal Greenland Expedition of 1932–33, which was led by Rymill after Watkins' death. [7] [8] Chapman experienced cold of such intensity that he lost all his finger and toe nails. He spent twenty hours in a storm at sea in his kayak and at one point fell into a deep crevasse, saving himself by holding onto the handles of his dog sled. He later led a three-man team across the desolate Greenland ice-cap. The first European to do this since Nansen, he became fluent in the Inuit language and was an able kayaker and dog sledger. Chapman, with the other expedition members, was awarded the Polar Medal, with the clasp Arctic 1930–1931, after the successful first expedition. [9] The truth is that the jungle is neutral. It provides any amount of fresh water, and unlimited cover for friend as well as foe - an armed neutrality, if you like, but neutrality nevertheless. It is the attitude of mind that determines whether you go under or survive. ‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ The jungle itself is neutral.”

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Moynahan, Brian (2009). Jungle Soldier, The true story of Freddy Spencer Chapman. Quercus. ISBN 978-1849160766. Mixed feelings. As a survival story it is fascinating. It is a first-hand account of a military undercover agent in Japanese occupied Malaya. The author was there for over three years, and the dangers he faced from the harsh climate and the enemy, as well as at times friendlies, is pretty amazing.Harris, Clare. Entry in: A Camera in Tibet: Photographs of Charles Bell and Spencer Chapman (exhibition held in the Atlas Gallery, London, May - July 2000). London: Atlas Ltd Editions, 2000.

The jungle is neutral : Chapman, F. Spencer (Frederick The jungle is neutral : Chapman, F. Spencer (Frederick

The jungle was neither for nor against any soldier. Neither good nor bad. Just neutral. How soldiers responded to this neutral environment determined the “good” or “bad” outcomes. Entry in: The Concise Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 1992 Gino Watkins moulded an extraordinary esprit de corps in his expeditions, and the expedition members were a mixture of hard nuts, and rather fey Cambridge misfits. [ citation needed] Many of the members would go on to do extraordinary things in the war. These members included Martin Lindsay, Augustine Courtauld and Chapman himself. Moynahan, Brian (2009) Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman, Quercus, ISBN 1-84916-076-7 After his return from Lhasa, Chapman obtained permission to lead a five-man expedition from Sikkim to the holy mountain Chomolhari, which the British group had passed on the way from Sikkim to Tibet in July 1936. Chapman and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama succeeded to become the first mountaineers to climb the 7314 m high peak, which they finally reached from the Bhutanese side after finding the route from the Tibetan side impassable. The mountain would not be climbed again until 1970.Jurgis Rudkus, the main character in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, has a very rough journey when he moves to America from Lithuania. He faces many hardships and they're difficult for anyone to endure. Throughout the novel Jurgis is put through the justice/prison system multiple times, and each time he experienced something new, whether it be the unjust treatment he received, the food he was served, or even the condition of his cell and daily life there. It gives you a glimpse of how living in the jungle during the Japanese Occupation in WW2 feels like. What's cool is that the author is a British soldier who graduated from Cambridge and an expert in guerilla warfare. He lived with the Chinese guerillas, barely had food to eat, waded through a river with crocodiles, captured by the Japanese and there's a lot more life-threatening experience that you can read from this book. It somehow made me appreciate more of my grandparents for enduring through such a horrible and difficult period in Malaya. The Mission to the Tibetan capital departed from Gangtok (Sikkim) in late July 1936 and left Tibet just over six months later in February 1937. The aim of the Mission was to advise the Regent of Tibet and his Cabinet, to persuade the Panchen Lama to return from China where he had fled, and, if possible, to establish permanent British representation in Lhasa. The mission personnel, under the leadership of Gould, included Hugh Richardson, the British Trade Agent at Gyantse, and Lieutenant Evan Nepean, one of two telegraph operators sent from the Royal Signal Corps.

THE JUNGLE IS NEUTRAL THE JUNGLE IS NEUTRAL

The resort has a bar named 'Chapman's bar' in Emerald Bay (from where he swam to the submarine). The resort also hosts the 'Chapman Challenge', which includes a timed trek through the jungle and a swim. Each year descendants of Chapman have attended and even competed. [21] Publications [ edit ] F. SPENCER CHAPMAN is also the author of Lhasa: The Holy City and Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition. In any events, however seemingly dire, there is nothing to prevent us from searching for its hidden opportunity. It is a failure of the imagination not to do so. But to seek out the opportunity in situations requires a great deal of courage, for most people around you will persist in interpreting events in the grossest terms: success or failure, good or bad, right or wrong. These simplistic, polarized categories obscure more creative and useful interpretation of events that are far more advantageous and interesting.6 Epictetus reminds us that even in bad times, there is opportunity. But it’s not comfortable nor easy. While I doubt Epictetus was thinking about investment markets when he wrote this, it perfectly explains the proper investment mindset during tough markets:Tan Chong Tee, Force 136, Story of a WWII resistance fighter, Asiapac Books, Singapore, 1995, ISBN 981-3029-90-0 The other school of thought, that the jungle teems with wild animals, fowls, and fish which are simply there for the taking, and the luscious tropical fruits-pawpaw, yams, bread-fruit and all that, drop from the trees, is equally misleading. The truth is that the jungle is neutral. It provides any amount of fresh water, and unlimited cover for friend as well as foe – an armed neutrality, if you like, but neutrality nevertheless. It is the attitude of mind that determines whether you go under or survive. There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. The jungle itself is neutral. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Freeman adds, "despite leading such an extraordinary life, Chapman still felt unfulfilled. For someone who had always sought 'to experience the fullness of life, and the inner satisfaction that comes from facing and overcoming danger', old age [apparently] offered few pleasures. [20] Reputation and legacy [ edit ]