promenade on caca avenue

a polar exploration sideblog. follows from @simplyirenic. header by @nopickls.

[timinoggy]

sizeofacherry ➡️ timinoggy

[monsterbutch]

this is one of my favorite reddit posts of all time

[formlessdemi]

God forbid Chippy do anything

[randomdeinonychus]

You absolutely must unmute this video.

[randomdeinonychus]

Reblogging this one again because @chimericaloutlier and I quote it to each other on a almost a daily basis.

[zevons]

more Wuzzposting for his birthday. Some bookplate designs from his sketchbook, courtesy the Akaroa Museum.

[conservethis]

They just don’t make the Journal of Nematology like they used to, back in the olden days of 1914!

Here is the link to the whole publication, on the HathiTrust, and the citation:

Cobb, N. A. 1859-1932. Antarctic Marine Free-living Nematodes of the Shackleton Expedition: Contributions to a Science of Nematology, I.. Baltimore: [s.n.], 1914.

What’s truly notable for a scientific publication like this, is the fact that the cover designer (and artist of the illustrations within) was noted in a blurb in another related journal published by the “Helminthological Society of Washington”. I suspect that the “Mr. Chambers” refers to Jay Chambers, one of the earliest members of the famous book designer firms known as the Decorative Designers!

I was wrong about which Mr. Chambers designed the cover!

It was actually made by W.E. Chambers, microscopist and artist!

[celestetumbledryer]

u know the ship is good when one of them is dead

[zevons]

[sainerunavailable]

Deep Sea December: 22 - Jelly

Behold! Jelly! Featuring the Endurance ship wreck I learned about not long ago. I just think it's fascinating that the wreck is preserved so well is because it's out of the temperature range (too cold) of deep sea wood decomposers. Almost like it's suspended in time... kinda like how jelly suspends itself! Nonetheless, other critters have made use of this peculiar landmark in their habitat. Of course, there's also some marine snow in this dish. After all, what's a December without snow?

Shout out to @montereybayaquarium for the Deep Sea December this year! I'm a little late to the party but it's been really fun seeing everyone's wonderful pieces every day.

(PS: The jelly is blueberry flavored; terrain's got a hard white chocolate exterior and filled with caramel inside; and the wreck's dark chocolate. The marine snow is edible glitter ^-^)

[peatbogpirate]

Some more holiday art from last year, ft. Hussey’s note from his diary, 25th December 1915: “Christmas day today – the third I’ve spent from home – O what a Christmas! Wonder how they’re all spending it there!! Here’s best wishes to ‘em all.”

[arthistoryanimalia]

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, 1925

Artwork by Edward Bawden (1903-1989); printed by West & Partners, London

Poster, lithograph in colours, backed on linen; 30 x 20in. (76 x 51cm)

Via Christie’s

[biocrafthero]

The best tragedies will have you thinking "I wish it could've gone any other way" and "this is the only way it could've ended" at the same time

[getsloud]

Well me and @irenydraws cooked you up a Boy Compilation

(on twitter)

[getsloud]

WORLD EATER!

(on twitter)

[pseudepigraphon]

"great god! this is an awful place...", drypoint & monoprint tunnel book

[crunchymayo]

[asofterpole]

I wish I knew what you were missing

[pseudocurios]

stamps with men of the first belgian antarctic ("belgica") expedition to commemorate its centennial. romania, issued 1997.

[wormsinperil]

a not insignificant portion of the worst journey is just this