The White Darkness
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The White Darkness is a nonfiction book by David Grann that recounts British explorer Henry Worsley’s obsessive and perilous Antarctic expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton.
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| The White Darkness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3266418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The White Darkness Context triple: [David Grann, notableWork, The White Darkness]
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The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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B.
The Grey
The Grey is a 2011 survival thriller film in which Liam Neeson plays an oil-rig worker leading stranded men through the Alaskan wilderness while being hunted by a pack of wolves.
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C.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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D.
The Valley of Ghosts
The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
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E.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The White Darkness Target entity description: The White Darkness is a nonfiction book by David Grann that recounts British explorer Henry Worsley’s obsessive and perilous Antarctic expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton.
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A.
The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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B.
The Grey
The Grey is a 2011 survival thriller film in which Liam Neeson plays an oil-rig worker leading stranded men through the Alaskan wilderness while being hunted by a pack of wolves.
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C.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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D.
The Valley of Ghosts
The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
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E.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | David Grann ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Henry Worsley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| describes |
Henry Worsley’s Antarctic expeditions
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attempts to cross Antarctica on foot ⓘ polar survival challenges ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
family and duty
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ human fascination with extremes ⓘ legacy of polar explorers ⓘ risk and sacrifice ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure literature
ⓘ
biography ⓘ exploration narrative ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | photographs ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Antarctic exploration
ⓘ
Ernest Shackleton ⓘ Henry Worsley ⓘ |
| mediaType | book ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
obsession with exploration
ⓘ
physical endurance ⓘ psychological strain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed account of modern Antarctic exploration
ⓘ
linking Henry Worsley’s journeys to Ernest Shackleton’s legacy ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedAs | long-form article in The New Yorker ⓘ |
| portrays | Henry Worsley as a modern-day Shackleton devotee ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday
ⓘ
Vintage ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage ⓘ |
| setting | Antarctica ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary reviews in major newspapers and magazines ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | early 21st century Antarctic expeditions ⓘ |
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