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Sarah Barnard

@sarahbpolar.bsky.social

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Polar artist and illustrator Arctic Circle AiR '22 Shackleton Autumn School AiR '23 Founded Polar Artists Collective '24 Polar Book Club '25 Socials @ The Daily Tism www.barnardpolar.com

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 22d

Expedition Gallery is NOW OPEN!

Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 1h

🥰🥰🥰

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 1h

Eeee thank you!! 🥰

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 1h

Would you like bad pictures of my new calendar? Yes you would! I only have 19 of these because my flatmate bought one and printing is expensive 🫰

Soon to be available from @expeditiongallery.bsky.social!

The front cover of a calendar, there is a picture of a wooden tallship surrounded by sea ice and small icebergs.

The February page of the calendar showing sea ice, and snowy hill and a pink sunset in Svalbard

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 4h

Every so often, for a treat, I have a half dose of Night Nurse in the evening and knock myself out for a good 9 hours. Absolutely smashing.

(Apparently it's addictive so don't get too into it yeah)

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 1d

Also, head on over to MY shop at ko-fi.com/tealin/shop to pre-order some polar-themed midwinter cards so I know how many to get printed!

An illustration of the Cape Evans Hut beneath Mt Erebus in the Antartctic night, with the first verse of 'In The Bleak Midwinter' superimposed, formatted like a Victorian prayer card.

A colour illustration based on Ponting's photo of the Cape Evans midwinter tree, 1911.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 1d

It's some sort of Bookshop Day today! Did you know you can get my book in shops? It's true! Even if the shop doesn't have it today, you can ask politely and they can order it in JUST FOR YOU! worstjourney.com/2022/12/17/t...

Hit The Shops!

[updated August 2024] The Worst Journey in the World: The Graphic Novel is published in the UK by Indie Novella and distributed by Central Books. You should be able to order it from any bookshop, b…

worstjourney.com

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 1d

Hello and welcome to 'I Slept So Badly I Feel Sick' club

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 2d

I will never use chatgpt because I tried it out once by asking about George Marston and it told me about Edward Wilson! That's a whole other guy! A DIFFERENT MAN.

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 2d

A few people in the Shackleton group have OPINIONS on this 😅🥲

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

I have a question

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 3d

And yes, we did listen to our merch survey…

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

Jimmy Carter gave up his peanut farm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Carmen CP @carmenchloie.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing opportunity here, and what a great initiative on the part of Glasgow Zine Library!

www.glasgowzinelibrary.com/scots-langua...

Mak Mair! Scots Language Zine Commission — Glasgow Zine Library

www.glasgowzinelibrary.com

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

YUP

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

A giant Pacific octopus dislocated my shoulder on my first day working at an aquarium 😩

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

(Am I waiting for someone to take this too seriously? YES. Will I explain? NO.)

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently today is World Octopus Day so it is my opportunity to tell you all that octopuses (yes, or octopi) are utter bastards, especially the big ones 👍

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 3d

I must visit them all!

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps I'll find a tiny hill and that'll be good enough 🙂

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 4d

What the hell man

"The "Barnard Mountains", reported by John Ross in 1818 to extend from Devon Island to Ellesmere Island across Jones Sound, were found to not exist by Edward Inglefield in 1952."

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Expedition Gallery @expeditiongallery.bsky.social · 4d

Gråhuken (Grey Hook) Svalbard by Kirsty Banks

Day 6 circumnavigating Svalbard on the expedition boat, The Meander. In the far North and one of the remotest parts we travelled to, stands Christiane Ritter's cabin Grey Hook.

Find out more here: expeditionartgallery.com/products/gra...

A charcoal, chalk and watercolour artwork of a small cabin in the Svalbard landscape

The same artwork framed and hung on a wall above a table with art materials on it

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 5d

HELLO!!! I could definitely do another one for you! 😀

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Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 5d

Basically yes 🥹

Sarah Barnard @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 5d

Threads is cool because sometimes you'll get a notification that's just this

A threads post that just says "oh god no"

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