Polar Exploration - Blog Posts

when the hot ticket was arctic exploration they were sending boats full of the best and brightest and most distinguished the royal navy has to offer and meanwhile in antarctica from the belgica expedition onward it was one weird guy and a boat that sucked crewed by some freaks they found on the side of the road

ernest “I cannot believe it is true” shackleton (upon learning of the pole party’s death) vs frederick “it is quite possible that roald amundsen is still alive” cook

there’s a certain descent into madness one takes after watching the terror. one minute you’re watching the show with mild interest and the next minute you’re hand painting Robert Scott’s sledging flag to put on your wall

congratulations lil buddy that's the worst anyone's ever drawn it

[source: roald amundsen's belgica diary]

if you get deep enough in it you can catch yourself saying insane things like “i know it’s basic but my favorite polar expedition is still franklin haha” and then you get to sit alone in a dark room and think about nothing for a very long time