Whale Dreck

The Nome Nugget, Alaska's oldest newspaper, reports that mangtak (whale blubber with skin) found in Gambell has been dated to A.D. 936.

The Nome Nugget web site also displays a tag line of Illegitimus non carborundum. You know of course that this is not really Latin, but a psuedo-Latin joke perhaps started by British Intelligence in WWII. The phrase was popularized by one U.S. General Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (1883-1946)who made the phrase his motto.

Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down, eh?

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