A blank chart intended for a map
A note on the exterior of the map reading "Dr Kane's Discoveries"
A note on the exterior mentioning Smith Sound, Kane Basin and Kennedy Channel.
An illustration from an account of the Second Grinnell Expedition, depicting a bear hunt
Another strange find in the Scoresby collection... a blank map? This chart appears to have been prepared for Elisha Kent Kane's Second Grinnell Expedition (1853-1855), which searched for Franklin's lost expedition. The chart was never filled in, perhaps due to Scoresby and Kane's deaths in 1857.
18.11.2025 16:39
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John Tresch on the mysteries and symmetries of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/still-farther-south #EdgarAllanPoe
07.06.2025 16:45
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huge news: my mom just accidentally attended the guerilla lorde concert
23.04.2025 02:21
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sorry what’s that last one again
09.04.2025 20:10
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Nashville area folks, I'm giving a talk on SATURDAY at the Vanderbilt Museum of Art! Come out to hear all about my experience with @terrorcamp.bsky.social & the joys of community research — and we'll be workshopping methods of incorporating fandom approaches into heritage outreach 🤩
19.03.2025 19:52
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According to the BBC’s reporting, “incidents in Antarctica are rare”- sure, if we’re talking about random stabbings. However, 59% of female Antarctic workers report having experienced sexual harassment/assault as per the NSF survey: www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/docu...
17.03.2025 20:58
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Concerned by how this is largely being framed as “Antarctica makes you crazy!” while burying the lede: the alleged incident was sexual assault.
17.03.2025 20:50
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it's like if the waiting room for hell was designed by the same people who built hudson yards
16.03.2025 21:50
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Spooky!! www.worldhistory.org/article/1078...
16.03.2025 21:22
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Today in dissertation writing: chasing a two-sentence footnote digression all the way back to the 4th century BC and cracking open Strabo + Polybius for the first time in years. I am a historian of modern Britain (allegedly).
16.03.2025 21:16
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It is in your best interest to read this intensely moving, meticulously researched piece on queer Edwardian lives and love in the wake of tragedy. Thank you @tchotchke.bsky.social for breaking this story!
01.03.2025 00:57
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full house last night at the New Canaan Public Library for the girl band of polar exploration history aka me + @evamolinaflores.bsky.social + @sarahmpicks.bsky.social ‼️ (we are ON TOUR please book us at your library or community center)
26.02.2025 19:05
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