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P. Lovecraft  \nI  \nI am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic-with its vast fossil hunt and its wholesale boring and melting of the ancient ice caps. And Iam the more reluctant because my warning may be in vain.  \nDoubt of the real facts, as I must reveal them, is inevitable; yet, if I suppressed what will seem extravagant and incredible, there would be nothing left. The hitherto withheld photographs, both ordinary and aerial, will count in my favor, for they are damnably vivid and graphic. Still, they will be doubted because of the great lengths to which clever fakery can be carried. The ink drawings, of course, will be jeered at as obvious impostures, notwithstanding a strangeness of technique which art experts ought to remark and puzzle over.  \nIn the end I must rely on the judgment and standing of the few scientific leaders who have, on the one hand, sufficient independence of thought to weigh my data on its own hideously convincing merits or in the light of certain primordial and highly baffling myth cycles; and on the other hand, sufficient influence to deter the exploring world in general from any rash and overambitious program in the region of those mountains of madness. It is an unfortunate fact that relatively obscure men like myself and my associates, connected only with a small university, have little chance of making an impression where matters of a wildly bizarre or highly controversial nature are concerned.  \nIt is further against us that we are not, in the strictest sense, specialists in the fields which came primarily to be concerned. As a geologist, my object in  \nleading the Miskatonic University Expedition was wholly that of securing deep-level specimens of rock and soil from various parts of the antarctic continent, aided by the remarkable drill devised by Professor Frank H. Pabodie of our engineering department. I had no wish to be a pioneer in any other field than this, but I did hope that the use of this new mechanical appliance at different points along previously explored paths would bring to light materials of a sort hitherto unreached by the ordinary methods of collection.  \nPabodie’s drilling apparatus, as the public already knows from our reports, was unique and radical in its lightness, portability, and capacity to combine the ordinary artesian drill principle with the principle of the small circular rock drill in such a way as to cope quickly with strata of varying hardness. Steelhead, jointed rods, gasoline motor, collapsible wooden derrick, dynamiting paraphernalia, cording, rubbish-removal auger, and sectional piping for bores five inches wide and up to one thousand feet deep all formed, with needed accessories, no greater load than three seven-dog sledges could carry. This was made possible by the clever aluminum alloy of which most of the metal objects were fashioned. Four large Dornier aeroplanes, designed especially for the tremendous altitude flying necessary on the antarctic plateau and with added fuel-warming and quick-starting devices worked out by Pabodie, could transport our entire expedition from a base at the edge of the great ice barrier to various suitable inland points, and from these points a sufficient quota of dogs would serve us.  \nWe planned to cover as great an area as one antarctic season-or longer, if absolutely necessary-would permit, operating mostly in the mountain rangesand on the plateau south of Ross Sea; regions explored in varying degree by Shackleton, Amundsen, Scott, and Byrd. With frequent changes of camp, made by aeroplane and involving distances great enough to be of geological significance, we expected to unearth a quite unprecedented amount of material-especially in the pre-Cambrian strata of which so narrow a range of antarctic specimens had previously b","cbCaivkpW7oufBRc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivkpW7oufBRc","pdf",367108,92,"English","# Introduction\n## Reason for speaking\n## Anticipated doubt and evidence\n# Expedition purpose and equipment\n## Geological goals and drilling system\n## Aircraft logistics and field coverage\n# Drilling strategy and future expeditions","[{\"question\":\"Why does the narrator decide to speak despite reluctance?\",\"answer\":\"Men of science refuse to follow his advice without knowing why, and he reluctantly explains the reasons for opposing the contemplated invasion of Antarctica.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of evidence does the narrator mention to support the account?\",\"answer\":\"He references withheld photographs, including ordinary and aerial images, along with ink drawings and the vivid, graphic nature of those materials.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the main objective of the Miskatonic University Expedition?\",\"answer\":\"The narrator describes his geological mission to secure deep-level specimens of rock and soil from multiple parts of the Antarctic continent using a specialized drill.\"}]","At the Mountains of Madness - read online free | PDF",1791328434,142]