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[Image Description: Text: well you see it is far more complicated than that as amundsen was never too fond of nobile's ass

and as a whole they went through a much shorter time than the antarctic group

the norge flight was only like. a couple days. like 3 days. and the fallout was much shorter given amundsen disappeared 2 years later

unlike the antarctic group which had years for all those complicated feelings which makes them the stronger polycule

while the arctic group is more like. a shitty summer fling. it's not as complex. End description]

The Terra Nova is off the coast of Greenland and the Quest is off Canada's coast.

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[Image Description: Text: Well, transdeaf is not related ro the transgender community, its a transID. The prefix trans is for the desire to be [insert your identity]. Transdeaf is someone who identifies as a deaf person, and they can indeed transition to it, making themselves deaf on purpose. I think it is valid and it's not really ableist since people really identity with the struggles deaf people pass and really want to (and can be) that. End description]

[Image Description: Text: if you like polar horror research inuk accounts of explorers on the brink of death refusing help because they were so racist they couldn't conceive of an indigenous person being able to help them, even when the Inuit peoples up north were willing to feed and house them. fucking demonic I HATE THE NORTHWESTERN PASSAGE. End description]

Let me preface by saying that the op is 100% correct in everything they said here and that you can and should acknowledge and critisise the imperialism and racism inherent to most stories of polar exploration.

However, can we stop with the narrative that the Franklin Expedition members were "too racist to ask for help" because it just reeks of not having actually read Inuit testimony.

Not only did the men of the Franklin Expedition ask for help but they traded items in exchange for it. It should also be noted that because of the lack of thaw Inuit people were also struggling and only had so much to give.

When we ignore Inuit testimony in favor of deciding that our therories and assumptions are correct (even if we think we are being progressive in doing so) we only further imperialist re-writing of history, the exact thing op is criticising.

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