Katie G
@katiegors.bsky.social
Software developer by day. Baker, knitter, and hobbyist Franklin expedition genealogist by night. alongblank.com. 🇨🇦
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
Tune in Friday, December 5 during Terror Camp for an EXCLUSIVE TEASER of Alex Stone's film adaptation of The Worst Journey In The World ❄️
Tune in Friday, December 5 during Terror Camp for an EXCLUSIVE TEASER of Alex Stone's film adaptation of The Worst Journey In The World ❄️
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Tune in Friday, December 5 during Terror Camp for an EXCLUSIVE TEASER of Alex Stone's film adaptation of The Worst Journey In The World ❄️
Tune in Friday, December 5 during Terror Camp for an EXCLUSIVE TEASER of Alex Stone's film adaptation of The Worst Journey In The World ❄️
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"The exact contents of the collection are not known to the public despite the fact that the collection likely forms one of the most comprehensive and historically significant collections of Canadiana in the entire world."
As Canadian history is put on the auction block this week, re-upping my article @ricochetmedia.bsky.social about why the HBC Collection belongs to Canadians, why it should be in a museum, and how Heritage Canada lacks the teeth to protect Canada's heritage
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Despite requests from Indigenous leaders, HBC artifacts will not be returned
Those interested in the items have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements
ricochet.media
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The exact contents of the collection are not known to the public despite the fact that the collection likely forms one of the most comprehensive and historically significant collections of Canadiana in the entire world."
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📣 SUNDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: In Conversation with Edward Berger and Florian Hoffmeister!
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📣 SUNDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: In Conversation with Edward Berger and Florian Hoffmeister!
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
Step behind the camera with Terror alumni Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) and Florian Hoffmeister (Pachinko, True Detective Night Country, Tár).
It’s me!
Don’t forget to register for this year’s conference here! ❄️ www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s me!
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📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Well it's a good thing I already had a trip to England on the agenda for 2026 because I am OBSESSED with this Paddington design! Literally the cutest little guy I've ever seen in my life
First look at Paddington in the ‘PADDINGTON: THE MUSICAL’ stage play.
The puppet is played by 2 performers: James Hameed, the off-stage remote puppeteer, and Arti Shah, the on-stage performer.
The puppet is played by 2 performers: James Hameed, the off-stage remote puppeteer, and Arti Shah, the on-stage performer.
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Well it's a good thing I already had a trip to England on the agenda for 2026 because I am OBSESSED with this Paddington design! Literally the cutest little guy I've ever seen in my life
Pregaming the winter Olympics (my beloved) by going to the Skate Canada International this weekend! I've never been to a competitive figure skating event before so this will be interesting!
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Pregaming the winter Olympics (my beloved) by going to the Skate Canada International this weekend! I've never been to a competitive figure skating event before so this will be interesting!
I was going through my NYC playbill collection again and decided that, out of the 40+ Broadway/Off-Broadway shows I've gone to, Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker in Ragtime is the best performance I've seen as of yet.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I was going through my NYC playbill collection again and decided that, out of the 40+ Broadway/Off-Broadway shows I've gone to, Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker in Ragtime is the best performance I've seen as of yet.
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Meet a few of the amazing speakers joining us for Terror Camp V, December 5-7th! 👀💫
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Meet a few of the amazing speakers joining us for Terror Camp V, December 5-7th! 👀💫
Aside from my newish polar exploration fixation, I am also obsessed with Broadway. I have no willpower and so Joshua Henry in Ragtime was enough to make me betray my America travel boycott and take a 2.5 day trip.
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Aside from my newish polar exploration fixation, I am also obsessed with Broadway. I have no willpower and so Joshua Henry in Ragtime was enough to make me betray my America travel boycott and take a 2.5 day trip.
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A very happy birthday to Francis Crozier, who still has more of them than the King (thanks to dates varying depending on the source), but today is the real one, according to his father - I wrote about the mystery in www.thethousandthpart.com/notes/the-ma... #NavalHistory #PolarExploration
Francis Crozier’s real date of birth — the thousandth part
After 178 years of confusion over Captain Crozier's date of birth, conclusive evidence is found in his father's correspondence
www.thethousandthpart.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A very happy birthday to Francis Crozier, who still has more of them than the King (thanks to dates varying depending on the source), but today is the real one, according to his father - I wrote about the mystery in www.thethousandthpart.com/notes/the-ma... #NavalHistory #PolarExploration
Given that, according to my Switch, I've played Hades for 360 hours, perhaps downloading Hades II when I have so much to do isn't very wise. I have to start on my Terror Camp slides soon because I'm gone for a decent chunk of November! However, consider this: I want to
October 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Given that, according to my Switch, I've played Hades for 360 hours, perhaps downloading Hades II when I have so much to do isn't very wise. I have to start on my Terror Camp slides soon because I'm gone for a decent chunk of November! However, consider this: I want to
My presentation is on Sunday!
So many interesting talks, I can't wait! I've been meaning to read more about Ada Blackjack so that'll be a good one for me. And the lightning talk about the Terror script bot on Saturday looks fun
So many interesting talks, I can't wait! I've been meaning to read more about Ada Blackjack so that'll be a good one for me. And the lightning talk about the Terror script bot on Saturday looks fun
And last but not least, Sunday the 7th! 🐻❄️
We hope to see you there - remember to register now at www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam... ✨
We hope to see you there - remember to register now at www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam... ✨
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My presentation is on Sunday!
So many interesting talks, I can't wait! I've been meaning to read more about Ada Blackjack so that'll be a good one for me. And the lightning talk about the Terror script bot on Saturday looks fun
So many interesting talks, I can't wait! I've been meaning to read more about Ada Blackjack so that'll be a good one for me. And the lightning talk about the Terror script bot on Saturday looks fun
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📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
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Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton called his ship one of the strongest to ever visit Antarctica; he blamed its sinking on rudder damage from pack ice. In my latest for @cnn.com, new analysis of records and journals suggests that a structural flaw may have doomed the Endurance from the start 🧪
Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Endurance wasn’t built to handle polar ice — and he knew it, new analysis finds | CNN
When explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, got trapped in pack ice, a broken rudder was blamed. New analysis suggests structural weakness caused the sinking.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton called his ship one of the strongest to ever visit Antarctica; he blamed its sinking on rudder damage from pack ice. In my latest for @cnn.com, new analysis of records and journals suggests that a structural flaw may have doomed the Endurance from the start 🧪
My abstract for Terror camp got accepted 🎉🎉🎉
October 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My abstract for Terror camp got accepted 🎉🎉🎉
New icon again! From the Great Lakes museum in Kingston, ON. Will stick with this one until at least the next time I’m near something nautical and on theme haha
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New icon again! From the Great Lakes museum in Kingston, ON. Will stick with this one until at least the next time I’m near something nautical and on theme haha
Currently on a road trip through Ontario and Quebec with some family and look what I scored from a used book store in Kingston! They had a whole shelf on polar exploration but I only had about 15 minutes to look before we had to run, so I didn’t have that much time to browse!
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Currently on a road trip through Ontario and Quebec with some family and look what I scored from a used book store in Kingston! They had a whole shelf on polar exploration but I only had about 15 minutes to look before we had to run, so I didn’t have that much time to browse!
Now that Ragtime is back on Broadway as of tonight, I was pondering the question: is it the only musical to mention polar exploration? Are there any others?
(A minor character is away on Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and Matthew Henson has one scene)
(A minor character is away on Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and Matthew Henson has one scene)
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Now that Ragtime is back on Broadway as of tonight, I was pondering the question: is it the only musical to mention polar exploration? Are there any others?
(A minor character is away on Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and Matthew Henson has one scene)
(A minor character is away on Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, and Matthew Henson has one scene)
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I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
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"I have thought of Absent Friends – absent in The Happy Land – "not lost, but gone before" – let us hope." [John Barrow, 22 Dec 1875] Today last year news came that Fitzjames was finally found, craziest week of my life ensued but thankful for such an incredible historical breakthrough! #NavalHistory
September 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"I have thought of Absent Friends – absent in The Happy Land – "not lost, but gone before" – let us hope." [John Barrow, 22 Dec 1875] Today last year news came that Fitzjames was finally found, craziest week of my life ensued but thankful for such an incredible historical breakthrough! #NavalHistory
I adore this owl cup at the ROM! The wonky little owl looks like something I could paint, I love her. I also enjoy the subtle shade of the plaque, noting that it's "much stylized"
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I adore this owl cup at the ROM! The wonky little owl looks like something I could paint, I love her. I also enjoy the subtle shade of the plaque, noting that it's "much stylized"
Literally just found out it's "chromosomal" and not "chromosonal" and I've been spelling it/saying it wrong my entire life
September 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Literally just found out it's "chromosomal" and not "chromosonal" and I've been spelling it/saying it wrong my entire life
Clear skies over Greenland! (Keflavik -> Calgary, August 6 2025)
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Clear skies over Greenland! (Keflavik -> Calgary, August 6 2025)
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Just as written records from the lost Franklin Expedition were within reach, Canada is having to pull the plug on archaeological excavation of HMS Erebus & Terror.
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illuminator newsletter #42
The final dive season.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just as written records from the lost Franklin Expedition were within reach, Canada is having to pull the plug on archaeological excavation of HMS Erebus & Terror.
loganzachary.substack.com/p/illuminato...
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