I really do not know if this is blind chance or if Aliens are somehow involved. I did read somewhere about there being a “portal” at the South Pole so maybe that’s it.

We sold this mandolin to a young man, Al Davies, about 2014. He took it with him during two tours at the Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. That’s him at the beginning of the video.

When he returned, it had suffered a little bit from the climate, so we made some repairs and sold it on to somebody else. I don’t think anybody stops to think that Polar regions are actually VERY dry, and fire is one of the biggest worries because all the water is solid.

And here it is again, that same Mandolin, this time at Stonington base, even further south. In fact, the new owner, Steve Moorhouse, says it is the furthest south any Stringed Instrument has even been played. Surely that can’t simply be chance.

That reminds me that many years ago I was told of a Fylde being played in a British Nuclear Submarine, underneath the North Pole, but I haven’t been able to track the story down. Any help would be much appreciated.