Taro and Jiro
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Taro and Jiro were a pair of two Sakhalin Husky brothers who survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather co
Jiro, on display at the National Museum of Nature and Science
Dr. Hisabu Abe in front of Taro's taxidermy, photographed in 2022 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden
Statues of Taro and Jiro in Nagoya
The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition refers to a series of Japanese Antarctic expeditions for scientific research.
Taro and Jiro
…and Jiro (ジロ; 1955–1960) were a pair of two Sakhalin Husky brothers who survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather conditions, the expedition was unable to airlift out 15 dogs, who were left chained and with only a few days' worth of food. Of…
A coin of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, with Taro and Jiro