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The two elements of Shackleton's South! that are common traits of a memoir are the vivid description of the landscape and The first-person point of view or style of narration.
I think it's a pun (basically a joke that is related to a specific word, like its meaning or sound) - because it's wordplay about light vs heavy
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it has 3,100 miles of river
number one producer of potatoes , Austrian winter peas
