Lou
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Lou Bodenhemier | 23 | ask me about my survival cannibalism
explorersweb.com/half-starved... Researching this expedition was really fascinating; I’m surprised it isn’t more well known today. For anyone interested in learning more, Mikkelsen’s own books, ‘Lost in the Arctic’ and ‘Two Against the Ice’ are great accounts.
Half-Starved, Three-Quarters Crazy: How Two Explorers Survived Alone in Northern Greenland in 1911-12 » Explorersweb
Few have endured what Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen did. Abandoned by their ship, these two Danes spent two winters in a tiny hut in northern Greenland.
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April 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
explorersweb.com/half-starved... Researching this expedition was really fascinating; I’m surprised it isn’t more well known today. For anyone interested in learning more, Mikkelsen’s own books, ‘Lost in the Arctic’ and ‘Two Against the Ice’ are great accounts.
👀 adding to my list…
My mom's book is officially released today! It's part political history, part coming of age story, and part homage to a wonderful friend. You should go read it if you like good things. @nfwatts.bsky.social
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Republic of Dreams
A harrowing political history of Kurdish Iraq told through the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of a childhood refugeeIn the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, Ir...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
👀 adding to my list…
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Okay! In the wake of the whole "we live inside a black hole" thing getting picked up all over the place, a quick guide to assessing astronomy papers for reliability without more than a cursory knowledge of the field. Here are some red flags to look out for:
March 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Okay! In the wake of the whole "we live inside a black hole" thing getting picked up all over the place, a quick guide to assessing astronomy papers for reliability without more than a cursory knowledge of the field. Here are some red flags to look out for:
I wrote this article a while back for ExplorersWeb about a key maritime cannibalism case but I wanted to add some more in depth resources for anyone curious about survival cannibalism and “the custom of the sea” (1/3) #history
#maritimehistory #cannibalism
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#maritimehistory #cannibalism
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How Cannibalism on the High Seas Became Illegal » Explorersweb
The Custom of the Sea gave sailors who ate their comrades in a survival situation a pass -- until this 1884 tragedy.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote this article a while back for ExplorersWeb about a key maritime cannibalism case but I wanted to add some more in depth resources for anyone curious about survival cannibalism and “the custom of the sea” (1/3) #history
#maritimehistory #cannibalism
explorersweb.com/how-cannibal...
#maritimehistory #cannibalism
explorersweb.com/how-cannibal...
without a doubt this is one of the worst pictures of roald amundsen. it means more to me than i can even express. fucking look at him
January 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
without a doubt this is one of the worst pictures of roald amundsen. it means more to me than i can even express. fucking look at him
high altitude le morte d’arthur 2 hallucinations r a very well known phenomena. read a book
The confidence with which he describes a version of the Grail Quest which I have never once encountered in all my years of reading med lit... and it SLAPS!! Ed viesturs let me in on whatever bootleg morte d'arthur you were cooking up with Scott fischer on K2 in 1994
January 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
high altitude le morte d’arthur 2 hallucinations r a very well known phenomena. read a book
automatic writing is so funny to me “woah guys i know it looks like i just wrote this but i stg it was a ghost this is so crazy” how did anyone buy that
January 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
automatic writing is so funny to me “woah guys i know it looks like i just wrote this but i stg it was a ghost this is so crazy” how did anyone buy that
MY FEARS WERE JUSTIFIED AN POST LOST HIM HES GONA FOREVER
kind of got too attached to this crocodile envelope painting. dk if i can bring myself to mail him tbh
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
MY FEARS WERE JUSTIFIED AN POST LOST HIM HES GONA FOREVER
fuck i wish i was in the victorian navy. my workplace never has Free Knife For Everyone Day
Crozier presents a knife to every sailor and a pound of thread to every mess.
December 31, 2024 at 1:48 PM
fuck i wish i was in the victorian navy. my workplace never has Free Knife For Everyone Day
everyone look at the little polar explorer i made
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM
everyone look at the little polar explorer i made
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREAS VESALIUS 🎂🎁✨💀
December 31, 2024 at 1:42 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREAS VESALIUS 🎂🎁✨💀
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Ross and several officers from Erebus go aboard Terror in the evening. Terror's new kittens are shown to Ross on a warmed plate.
December 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Ross and several officers from Erebus go aboard Terror in the evening. Terror's new kittens are shown to Ross on a warmed plate.
like okay roald i admit it youre serving. stop buying so many hats and pay back the norwegian government
December 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM
like okay roald i admit it youre serving. stop buying so many hats and pay back the norwegian government
always a new fuckass hat with this dude
December 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
always a new fuckass hat with this dude
guy in your trench who thinks hes funny: you know they call it the great war but it hasnt been great for me!
guy who went to the pole: this isnt as bad as antarctica
rat eating your gangrenous foot: *eats your foot*
guy who went to the pole: this isnt as bad as antarctica
rat eating your gangrenous foot: *eats your foot*
December 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM
guy in your trench who thinks hes funny: you know they call it the great war but it hasnt been great for me!
guy who went to the pole: this isnt as bad as antarctica
rat eating your gangrenous foot: *eats your foot*
guy who went to the pole: this isnt as bad as antarctica
rat eating your gangrenous foot: *eats your foot*
i campaigned so hard against it but alack 😔
STOP yeah youre right. would he win the thumb war? very debatable. would he win a poll about whether he would win the thumb war? yes literally every time
November 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM
i campaigned so hard against it but alack 😔
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In an interstellar travel world you KNOW there would be a devoted fandom for early planetary exploration. "oh my god did you hear they found Jamie Dawson's remains on Gliese 2b"
November 30, 2024 at 5:22 PM
In an interstellar travel world you KNOW there would be a devoted fandom for early planetary exploration. "oh my god did you hear they found Jamie Dawson's remains on Gliese 2b"
one if by land, two if by sea, three if by air, four if they tunnel in underground, five for if they open a sort of space-time wormhole, six if— actually paul, you should really be writing this down
November 30, 2024 at 7:07 AM
one if by land, two if by sea, three if by air, four if they tunnel in underground, five for if they open a sort of space-time wormhole, six if— actually paul, you should really be writing this down
i would have put him in a glass jar with a leaf and stock and poked holes in the lid so he could breath and i would only shake the jar a little and maybe also put the jar in the freezer
November 29, 2024 at 9:59 PM
i would have put him in a glass jar with a leaf and stock and poked holes in the lid so he could breath and i would only shake the jar a little and maybe also put the jar in the freezer
okay now ive finished the worst journey in the world and the cherry biography what am i supposed to do now huh. where is my friend apsley cherry-gerrard i miss that stupid tory boytoy so bad
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
okay now ive finished the worst journey in the world and the cherry biography what am i supposed to do now huh. where is my friend apsley cherry-gerrard i miss that stupid tory boytoy so bad
i dont believe in capital punishment but people who vape on the train…
November 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM
i dont believe in capital punishment but people who vape on the train…
this may be an unpopular opinion but i think polar explorers who died badly were kind of asking for it. why are you even in antarctica man.
November 28, 2024 at 6:18 PM
this may be an unpopular opinion but i think polar explorers who died badly were kind of asking for it. why are you even in antarctica man.