Sweet Sexy Sideburns

Dec 15th 1914

I am afraid we do not have proper baths, this very often, this is entirely due to the bathroom being quite full of potatoes and until we have eaten them we cannot bathe and then it will be too cold or we can fill it with potatoes again as there are thousands more in the refrigerator.

Introducing...

Never Mind the Blizzard, an upcoming zine by and for fans of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration!

The zine aims to be an informal, low-pressure publication for creative work of any kind (art, comics, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, anything else you can think of) as long as it concerns Antarctic life circa 1897-1922. Contributions do not have to be very “serious” or polished; true to polar periodical form, the main goal is just for us to entertain ourselves and each other throughout this long Antarctic winter.

The result will be a digital zine that can be downloaded for free or on a pay-what-you-want basis. Proceeds will go to the Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR).

Interested? Follow us here or on X / Gumroad to stay updated - and keep an eye out for a call for submissions very shortly! 

Our Franklin expedition inspired Polar exploration living history group now has a website! Check it out if you're interested in knowing more about us and what we're doing next :).

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"We found the sledge, and none too soon, and now had three eggs left, more or less whole. Both mine had burst in my mitts"

cherry posting continues

twt requests

1. bill/con

2. william laird mckinlay and his pipe

3. racoviță paints the yaoi

4. solvings early watch

I recently learned an old French euphemism for bisexuality. It means to be powered "by sail and steam," and it absolutely comes from a specific flavor of 19th-century ship.

HMS Terror and Erebus were bisexual, you heard it here first.