More photos from Herbert Ponting and the British Antarctic Expedition.
Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911 (by National Library NZ on The Commons)
Happy World Penguin Day! For more penguin cartoons: http://ow.ly/aw5zQ
For those who don’t know Ben Saunders, he skied solo to the north pole last year, and later this fall he’ll be embarking on a return journey from the south pole on foot. From his website: Scott 2012 will be the longest unsupported polar journey in history and the first completion of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition.
One of the Terra Nova Expedition’s stoves. I feel like a kid in a sweet shop. (Taken with instagram)
(via Russia Issues Tenders to Design New Ships and Equipment for the Arctic | Foreign Policy Blogs)
My good friend Mia wrote a blog post over on the Foreign Policy Blogs Network on Russia’s plans for new arctic ship designs. We are currently in a very different age of polar exploration.
(via A Different Kind of Dinner Bell in the Antarctic | Food & Think)
There’s an article on the Smithsonian’s Food & Think blog (linked above) and on Edible Geography (where I found said article) about Frederick Cook’s finding that eating penguins prevented scurvy in his crew.
(via Up Front - NYTimes.com)
They also published an article on Sara Wheeler’s new book “No Surrender”. It has nothing to do with polar exploration, but if you’re one of Wheeler’s fans like I am, you may enjoy this news.
The New York Times Book Review published an article on Friday on a new book about S.A. Andrees balloon expedition. (Reviewed by the famed Sara Wheeler)
“The aurora australis provides a dramatic backdrop to a Scott Tent at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on July 14, 2009. (National Science Foundation/Patrick Cullis)”
François Auguste Biard, “Magdalena Bay, view from a peninsula in northern Spitsbergen,” 1841
(via threeoranges)
