#edward atkinson

[antarcticlovebirds]

you can do whatever you want forever :3

[jelatinivan]

[gemlikeabovethebay]

My fellow polar head in christ have you listened to Bond Street Bridge’s Antarctic explorers album??? Because It’s All In The Game, Play On! is about Spencer-Smith and broadly the Ross Sea Party and I think we all need to have floor time after hearing it

OH WOW THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!! 40 seconds in and I said “oh my god” aloud twice. Did not make it through without crying.

Also you know you’re polar pilled when you recognize frostbite art. That’s Atkinson’s hand from the Terra Nova expedition! #myfrostbite

[thehutpoint]

To add a bit to the Jessamine lore, a post about winter entertainment in the Cape Evans hut. Remember Deb gushing in his memoirs how he spends these nice evenings, playing chess and chatting with his absolutely best bestie Titus Oates?

Legendary eloquence of my Soldier and his penchant for chitchat is already well known, let's just focus on the other claim, the chess matches between Deb and Titus. What do the other sources say?

The above excerpt is from Ponting's "Great white South". As you can see Oates is mentioned here as the fan of backgammon, with Meares being his game partner. By the way, I cannot refrain myself from laughter at the mention of Scott, avoiding Nelson at the chess board, because chere Marie invariably kicked his arse every time. Con and his fragile ego... No mention of our dear australian jasmine though, let's move then to other sources, namely to Griff and his "Silver Lining".

Ah, so sweet miss Jessamine makes her entrance at last. Take a good notice that chess board was usually occupied by Scott and Atch, Nelson gets mentioned as the best player in the hut, while Deb... Deb usually plays chess with Griff. And Oates gets busy with backgammon. I wouldn't be surprised if Griff made a mistake with Titus's backgammon partner, thinking about Meares. Nobody ever, though, mentioned Titus playing chess. Ever. EVER.

Pictured above: Jessamine and her crush.

So it seems these long, romantic evenings of chess matches and talks existed only in the heated imagination of the australian jasmine, Frank Debenham. Looks like Deb had really huge crush on Soldier and really wanted to get close to him, so badly he attempted to bewitch reality a bit, writing about things not as they were, but as he wanted them to be (me Deb and my oh so close bestie Oates!).

I admit, getting close to Laurie wasn't an easy task, as he kept himself tightly shielded from people. Your chances grew exponentially if you had a mane and hooves, or at least four paws and a wagging tail (poor Deb had none of it). Or at least a pointy nose, have you people noticed that Meares and Atch had the pointiest noses in the whole Terra Nova team? Seems my man had a type!

[birdiebowers]

[the-poles-apart]

Some things at SPRI from my trip today!

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[did-they-eat-polar-pussy]

Did Edward Atkinson eat pussy?

Yes

No

Voting ended onOct 4, 2025

[themadscene]

Edward Atkinson.