Pressure ridges, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
October 2024.
Before and after the Winter Journey, 1911
How incredibly delusional are some of you people to support a fraud like Cook?
Ghost of Robert Peary, is that you?
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
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
this game is going to kill me or bring me back to life
some visual development pieces for my Whaling Era horror comic anthology, Whalebones 🐋🦴
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
One thing I like about historical men's fashion is the collars peeking through the cravat
So I made a little compilation
maxine • 23, she/her • polar exploration, the terror, sailing & art
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