A Dutch-born friend of mine and I have a running argument about Scott et al. She thinks it's hilarious that the British are so proud of their noble losers, whereas I maintain that you don't need to see a passport to determine if someone is British, you just have to ask them how they feel about Scott and Shackleton. And, more to the point, how they feel about that CHEAT Amundsen who PLANNED SENSIBLY and was WELL-ORGANISED. That's just NOT CRICKET.