Oh the heavy water, how it enfolds

matt | 27 | naval/polar enthusiast stuck in the early 20th century. art at #my art

[grahamgored]

u can eroticize anything. today im working on shipwrecks and naval battles

[hooshdinner]

[ponko game from 2023; playable if you want, art from it under the cut if you dont want to.]

[nevermindtheblizzard]

ARTISTS AND WRITERS WANTED for HAZARDOUS JOURNEY on JOINT CREATIVE VENTURE

Never Mind the Blizzard is an upcoming zine dedicated to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, and we now invite all artists and writers interested in this colourful period of polar history to submit work to us!

So, grab your sledging pencil or polar paint kit—we’re looking for:

Anything under the umbrella of visual arts, including paintings, illustrations, comics, collage, diagrams, printmaking, and more.

Creative writing: short pieces of fiction, vignettes, creative nonfiction, poetry, etc.

Any combination of these.

In other words: if it (1) relates to an Antarctic expedition taking place between 1897 and 1922 and (2) can be put to (digital) paper, send it our way! Playfulness and formal experimentation is encouraged, and everyone is invited to contribute regardless of skill level. Please see the submission guidelines on our website for a few more details.

Submit your finished work HERE by August 15th (23:59 GMT).

[lifespan-deactivated20260401]

if you start introducing nice things into your life it's a slippery slope and you have to be careful in case you start liking it when things are nice

[tinytuunbaq]

london and nearby friends!! come hang in greenwich park on 9 august

all are welcome, feel free to join our discord to plan and get to know people beforehand

🍿 bring snacks to share if you can 📍 meet at nelson's ship in a bottle ☔️ will adjust plans closer to the day if we're thwarted by weather

[bats-and-slinks]

The Neds are running.

A wonderfull @lieutenantfest to y'all!

[probablily]

sometimes i agree with a post but i dont like your attitude

[polaresque]

scott's self-proclaimed 'best drawing' (from the daily mirror, 12 february 1913)

[polaresque]

delighted to see this going around again. here's another one from 1902:

[soup-mother]

Sober as fuck at the back of the club going onto Wikipedia and typing "List of birds"

[madnessofmen]

60 is not old

[madnessofmen]

sir john franklin of the eponymous doomed polar expedition died on the ice at 61. it's never too late.

[cucurb]

hey guysss so unfortunately the rumors are true and im leaving the narrative. Buttt the good news is my absence will create such a gaping hole in your lives that it will become a sort of presence itself, and so in a way it will kind of be like i never left! But i am. Leaving just to be clear.

[valend]

Yahhh I have to build Rome. Yup it’s due tomorrow.. noo I haven’t started yet haha is that bad?

[nevermindtheblizzard]

ARTISTS AND WRITERS WANTED for HAZARDOUS JOURNEY on JOINT CREATIVE VENTURE

Never Mind the Blizzard is an upcoming zine dedicated to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, and we now invite all artists and writers interested in this colourful period of polar history to submit work to us!

So, grab your sledging pencil or polar paint kit—we’re looking for:

Anything under the umbrella of visual arts, including paintings, illustrations, comics, collage, diagrams, printmaking, and more.

Creative writing: short pieces of fiction, vignettes, creative nonfiction, poetry, etc.

Any combination of these.

In other words: if it (1) relates to an Antarctic expedition taking place between 1897 and 1922 and (2) can be put to (digital) paper, send it our way! Playfulness and formal experimentation is encouraged, and everyone is invited to contribute regardless of skill level. Please see the submission guidelines on our website for a few more details.

Submit your finished work HERE by August 15th (23:59 GMT).

[snototter]

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

by Mary Bomford

[mumblesplash]

scurvy has got to have one of the biggest disease/treatment coolness gaps of all time. like yeah too much time at sea will afflict you with a curse where your body starts unraveling and old wounds come back to haunt you like vengeful ghosts. unless☝️you eat a lemon

[ilonano]

(knows nothing about a subject) I Should Start An Ambitious Project

[girlnaviy]

captain?