Hussey's banjo recitals were a feature in the swift raising of spirits: 'Had a go at the old Banjo. The Boss came in, he looked very old & grey - & pleased to hear the music & songs'. And although a glance in a mirror gives the usually optimistic Hussey pause for thought ('I do look a tramp!'), from only a few days after its gloomy beginning the journal manifests the extraordinary confidence and belief that characterised the expedition's survival: 'We're all very cheerful & contented'.
One of Shackleton's men on his expedition. I had no idea. His diary was up for auction I guess.
And more from this site:
James, in Shackleton's tent, "did some physics trying to recall some of my theory work," but soon tired of it. The occupants of Wild's tent had to shift their sleeping bags because the heat from their bodies was melting the snow, robbing them of this last bit of comfort offered by a dry place to sleep. Even Hussey's banjo lost its appeal for some. McNeish complained: "Hussey is at present tormenting [us] with his six known tunes on his banjo."
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