Sweet Sexy Sideburns

robin's polar exploration sideblog interacts from @frankingsteinery she/they/he 20

[tesghosterone]

georges lecointe save me georges lecointe

[peatbogpirate]

using historical diary transcripts as god intended

[georgeslecointe]

mfw the antarctic isolation horror isnt the polar night or the scurvy its watching two coworkers eat the friday fishballs with what can only be described as a grim relish

[georgeslecointe]

me after fifteen months in the ladyless south: “hear me out” gestures at an iceberg

[georgeslecointe]

“lost in a nansen suit of furs” he’s little

[gemlikeabovethebay]

My good friend [dead guy]

[spandexual]

following up on my Horatio Hornblower Having A Terrible Time post, have instead some beauty shots from the first three episodes. he's like Keira Knightley to me

[laissezferre]

i'm starting a collection...

[gemlikeabovethebay]

Dec 15th 1914

I am afraid we do not have proper baths, this very often, this is entirely due to the bathroom being quite full of potatoes and until we have eaten them we cannot bathe and then it will be too cold or we can fill it with potatoes again as there are thousands more in the refrigerator.

Source: Orde Lees' Antarctic Journal, 3 Dec 1914-8 Jan 1915

[georgeslecointe]

pdf of adrien de gerlache’s fifteen months in the antarctic that i scanned if anyone wants it 👁️

[nevermindtheblizzard]

Introducing...

Never Mind the Blizzard, an upcoming zine by and for fans of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration!

The zine aims to be an informal, low-pressure publication for creative work of any kind (art, comics, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, anything else you can think of) as long as it concerns Antarctic life circa 1897-1922. Contributions do not have to be very “serious” or polished; true to polar periodical form, the main goal is just for us to entertain ourselves and each other throughout this long Antarctic winter.

The result will be a digital zine that can be downloaded for free or on a pay-what-you-want basis. Proceeds will go to the Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR).

Interested? Follow us here or on X / Gumroad to stay updated - and keep an eye out for a call for submissions very shortly! 

Questions, comments, concerns: get in touch at [email protected] or via DM.

[thekeplerowl]

Absolutely incredible that when they were stranded on Elephant Island the crew was bribing Wordie with rocks in exchange for tobacco. Geologists are truly living up to their reputation

[scheurbuik]

The Order of the Penguin Update!

Our Franklin expedition inspired Polar exploration living history group now has a website! Check it out if you're interested in knowing more about us and what we're doing next :).

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[jelatinivan]

"We found the sledge, and none too soon, and now had three eggs left, more or less whole. Both mine had burst in my mitts"

The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

[jelatinivan]

cherry posting continues

We slept not only soundly the greater part of these days and nights, but with a certain numbed pleasure. We wanted something sweet to eat: for preference tinned peaches in syrup! Well! That is the kind of sleep the Antarctic offers you at her worst, or nearly at her worst. (c)

[jelatinivan]

twt requests

1. bill/con

2. william laird mckinlay and his pipe

3. racoviță paints the yaoi

4. solvings early watch

5. lecointe sleeping with tonite

[the-penalty-box]

I recently learned an old French euphemism for bisexuality. It means to be powered "by sail and steam," and it absolutely comes from a specific flavor of 19th-century ship.

HMS Terror and Erebus were bisexual, you heard it here first.

Happy Pride!