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For those of you who don't know....I've been just a bit obsessed with Anta… Emma Puranen needs your support for Help Emma get to Antarctica-
I'm going to Antarctica!! I got a scholarship to travel with a tourist company, but I need some help to cover equipment and flight costs. Can you chip in or share with your network?
I GOT THERE! And it was life changing. Thanks so much to each and every person who donated, shared, and believed in me <3
For those of you who don't know....I've been just a bit obsessed with Anta… Emma Puranen needs your support for Help Emma get to Antarctica-
I'm going to Antarctica!! I got a scholarship to travel with a tourist company, but I need some help to cover equipment and flight costs. Can you chip in or share with your network?
some people in the @terrorcamp server were enquiring about amundsen resources ahead of tomorrow's keynote and wouldn't you know it, @not-euclidean @pseudepigraphon and I (but mostly them) have put together a comprehensive, non exhaustive list just for you!
there is much to learn, hoping to see you all for the house tour 🐧🏠 and don't hesitate to send an ask if you have questions
new poem called "OTZI AWAKE". it's right here so you don't have to subscribe to my substack but i'd love it if you did
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Cannot overstate how much fun I'm having watching the Weather & Climate Livestream! I'm learning so much directly from brilliant scientists and it feels like being in college again but without any of the pressure. Did I mention there's been a lot of polar content and several of the presenters referenced the Arctic and Antarctic regions in their talks? Polarheads, you should all be in here!
The purpose of this 100 hour livestream is to raise awareness about this important scientific work in light of funding cuts by the current administration. These cuts have already been devastating and they are going to get much worse if nothing is done. You can reach out to your elected officials here and tell them that science funding matters to you. The livestream is scheduled to run through Sunday, so please check it out if you get the chance- the comment section is very friendly and tumblr users are very well represented!
The beautiful schooner Opal off Greenland
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to Antarctica captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never bee
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to the South Pole captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.
Hello hello! I've posted my short comic set during Shackleton's Endurance expedition on my website now, so if you fancy taking a gander, you can read it here!
I don’t know how many polar exploration fans are here on tumblr, but if you like cold boys and found family dynamics, you might like this :) ❄️
extended version of the football walkout scene!!!! in order...
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happy new year! if you feel bad about accidentally writing “2024” during this month of january, just know that fridtjof nansen thought it was 1908 in april 1909
man it’s wild that robert falcon scott was found with a detailed journal on his body like an environmental storytelling skeleton in a bethesda game
early 20th century sailors name their black ship’s cat something normal challenge level impossible
Which of these Kathleen Scott facts is false?
Unwittingly aided anarchists bent on blowing up the King of Spain
Received a proposal via Greek-to-English dictionary from a strapping fisherman
Snuck off at night with a politician to improve Anglo-American relations
Had a “curious” dream about Seaman Evans
Locked a man in his office every day for two weeks to make sure he worked
Convinced a shepherd she was a mountain goddess
Was a crucial sounding board to the Prime Minister during WWI
Truly she had an incredible life and was a very strange woman. I find that most people kind of just glance over her (it took me a while to become interested in learning more about her, I went through the initial "oh God no" when I found out she was anti-suffrage but the more I read the more I saw how wacky and wonderful and complex her whole deal was...) SO I'm trying to spread some Kath knowledge here.
I'll post the answer--and some context on the others--in a week!
!!!UPDATE!!!: SO SORRY IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO DO THE REVEAL but now....IT'S TIME! *drumroll*
Although most of you thought Kathleen never convinced a shepherd she was a mountain goddess, that one is actually true.
The false one is "Snuck off at night with a politician to improve Anglo-American relations", so congrats to whoever voted that! That one is false but is created from pieces of true facts--she did sneak off at night to help birth babies, and she did befriend an American politician and work to improve Anglo-American relations.
I so, so appreciate that everyone found it plausible that she nearly unwittingly helped blow up the King of Spain. You know our girl and this is totally something that would happen to her xD Ok, in order: Unwittingly aided anarchists bent on blowing up the King of Spain: TRUE. While an art student in Paris, Kathleen had some anarchist friends. She seems to have genuinely not known what they were really up to--when she hung out with them they mostly cooked and read philosophy together. She stored some boxes for them once that turned out to be ammunition while their flat was getting searched by the police, and when the anarchist group eventually got caught after their failed attempt to bomb the King of Spain, Kathleen was called as a witness in the trial.
Received a proposal via Greek-to-English dictionary from a strapping young fisherman lad: TRUE. Not much else to say here. They didn't have a language in common but oh did that boy fall in love...
Had a “curious” dream about Seaman Evans: TRUE. Just something that she mentions in her diary once that admittedly I'm having too much fun with the wording of. There was no more context, sorry.
Locked a man in his office every day for two weeks to make sure he worked: TRUE. While she was a student in Paris. Exactly what it says on the tin. He was a friend of hers (according to her autobio he was also in love with her), and he really needed to finish some work. Giving her the key to lock him in was Kathleen's suggestion, and he went with it.
Convinced a shepherd she was a mountain goddess: TRUE. This is just what happens when you go vagabonding in Greece and wake up like an Oread in the shining dew of morning.
Was a crucial sounding board to the Prime Minister during the most intense parts of WWI: TRUE. Yeah uh Kathleen definitely influenced some world history. I'm mostly talking about Asquith here, but she also became friends with Lloyd George, and of course later married an MP. Her diary got to the point where in like....1919 or smth....she casually mentions meeting a young man named "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" and I wanted to throw the book at the window.
I should note that all of this comes from her published autobiography, which is mostly in the form of her diary entries, and I don't know how much she edited. Still, though, she had an incredible and wild life!! Highly suggest reading more on Kathleen.
You should also check out my blogpost here to learn how to identify when a picture of Kathleen is not Kathleen, and for a list of books about her.
(And I haven't even mentioned the time one of her two lesbian* roommates in Paris crossdressed* as a man to take her out clubbing!) (*Unsure how her roommates would identify if alive today although one of them was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Gray, who wikipedia says was bi (Pseudonyms were used for them in the autobiography))
Bark Europa in Antarctica, by Benjamin Hardmann 2024
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