Antarctic Item 057
Antarctic Item 057 is a yellow cloth rectangle with no less than four protruding cords. Like the preceding find, it was cut from a larger piece of material that presumably had a purpose. Reduced to its present size, its usefulness is questionable. Still, resourcefulness being a hallmark of Antarctic exploration, this fragment has a shot at service in the field.
How? Well, I imagine that its four long winding cords could be arranged on the yellow field to create a makeshift map describing topographical contours, boundaries, and passable routes. The party using it for this purpose would be lost of course, with a long march ahead of them. When their shoelaces inevitably give out, the cords would serve as replacements. And when their camp flag gets shredded by polar winds, the yellow remnant would be hoisted as the new beacon, inevitably leading to their rescue.
Or at least that’s the way I imagine it.
