Mr. Ghost
@theseathesea.bsky.social
Archivist, erstwhile Napoleonic historian, polar nerd. Running @rossexpedition.bsky.social. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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#Whale Effigy 🐳
Chumash (California, West Coast), c.1200-1600
Steatite, shell inlay, 7.1 x 9.5 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1950.51.Ab.9 www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/2375/
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt
Chumash (California, West Coast), c.1200-1600
Steatite, shell inlay, 7.1 x 9.5 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1950.51.Ab.9 www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/2375/
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt
January 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
#Whale Effigy 🐳
Chumash (California, West Coast), c.1200-1600
Steatite, shell inlay, 7.1 x 9.5 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1950.51.Ab.9 www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/2375/
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt
Chumash (California, West Coast), c.1200-1600
Steatite, shell inlay, 7.1 x 9.5 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1950.51.Ab.9 www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/2375/
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt
I haven't caught myself writing the date as 2024 instead of 2025 so far--but I keep putting 1841 rather than 1842 when scheduling posts. 😅
January 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I haven't caught myself writing the date as 2024 instead of 2025 so far--but I keep putting 1841 rather than 1842 when scheduling posts. 😅
Snapdragons being the game of soaking raisins in brandy, setting them on fire, and then trying to pick them up with your bare hands!
Ross and the gunroom officers celebrate Christmas Eve in the junior officers' berth, with punch, cake, and snapdragons.
December 24, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Snapdragons being the game of soaking raisins in brandy, setting them on fire, and then trying to pick them up with your bare hands!
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As Captain Crozier looks too soulful for red hats, here is a festive edit of every polar f[r]iend's favourite: Sir John Ross! Enjoying the season by having hot whisky and writing bitchy pamphlets about various individuals (some of whom deserve it) to an adoring audience, he recommends it. Cheers!!!
December 24, 2024 at 1:32 PM
As Captain Crozier looks too soulful for red hats, here is a festive edit of every polar f[r]iend's favourite: Sir John Ross! Enjoying the season by having hot whisky and writing bitchy pamphlets about various individuals (some of whom deserve it) to an adoring audience, he recommends it. Cheers!!!
Suffering in digitized records that are freely available to download but digitized at such a low quality that they're not actually legible.
December 24, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Suffering in digitized records that are freely available to download but digitized at such a low quality that they're not actually legible.
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We went absolutely NUTS on Twitter about this last night here is my offering
December 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
We went absolutely NUTS on Twitter about this last night here is my offering
I'm so glad everyone is enjoying the kittens.
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I'm so glad everyone is enjoying the kittens.
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🎶 Kittens showcased on a warméd plate 🎶
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 8:01 PM
🎶 Kittens showcased on a warméd plate 🎶
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You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.