Nick
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Boats in cold places is my thing. Books are life.
Thank you! It's at least a starting point! I wasn't sure if it was generic fur cover to invoke the arctic or if it had some specific significance to the Victory Expedition.
February 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thank you! It's at least a starting point! I wasn't sure if it was generic fur cover to invoke the arctic or if it had some specific significance to the Victory Expedition.
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He wasn't the only brother or son or uncle who went to the Arctic looking for a much-loved missing family member on Erebus or Terror. But he appears to be the only one whose account has survived, albeit hidden under a pseudonym in an Australian newspaper.
finger-post.blog/robert-goods...
finger-post.blog/robert-goods...
Part one: Australia, 1880 - THERE STOOD NO FRIENDLY FINGER-POST TO GUIDE US
In 1880, an astonishing account of a search for the Franklin Expedition was published in Australia. The author was Robert Anstruther Goodsir.
finger-post.blog
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
He wasn't the only brother or son or uncle who went to the Arctic looking for a much-loved missing family member on Erebus or Terror. But he appears to be the only one whose account has survived, albeit hidden under a pseudonym in an Australian newspaper.
finger-post.blog/robert-goods...
finger-post.blog/robert-goods...
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Also since it’s Antarctic kitten time, this is an older drawing that I’m not particularly proud of but I put a filter over it so here, have some kittens and a perplexed Ross
December 20, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Also since it’s Antarctic kitten time, this is an older drawing that I’m not particularly proud of but I put a filter over it so here, have some kittens and a perplexed Ross