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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 2d

🔥🔥🔥https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/why-did-endurance-sink/6CC2C2D56087035A94DEB50930B81980🔥🔥🔥

A screenshot from the conclusion of the linked article: Finally, there is clear evidence that, before sailing towards the Weddell Sea, Shackleton knew that compressive ice loading should be expected, he knew how a ship should be designed for compressive ice, and he knew that Endurance was not that kind of a ship. Shackleton was well aware of the risks related to the strength of Endurance, but chose to use it anyway.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pressing the 'print' button on the cards next Wednesday! Please let me know before then how many you would like, so that you're sure to get them. I'll be shipping them early November, to reach you in time to mail them out before Xmas. Mugs and pins might get shipped before then.

Set of 5 resin and brass pins, showing Scott, Wilson, Bowers, Oates, and the Polar Party. We don't know what happened to the Evans pins. Available singly or as a set.

An illustration of the Cape Evans Hut under Mt Erebus at night. Superimposed on it is the first verse of Christina Rossetti's 'In the Bleak Midwinter' formatted to look like a Gothic Revival prayer card.

Mockup of two midwinter cards, one the 'bleak midwinter' illustration and the other a colour illustration of the Midwinter Tree from June 1911.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 5d

Silas and Pyaree

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 5d

*Silas Wright was assigned an Indian mule named Pyaree for the Search Journey, and in his journal he tries a different spelling every time before giving up and just calling her "P."

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 5d

Somebody ring up Silas, we've got another spelling!

deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 5d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 8d

Shop! Shop! Shop!
Polar things and good causes! Something for most budgets, except the really high ones! Mugs! Pins! Midwinter cards!
ko-fi.com/tealin/shop

Visit Tealin's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 8d

Shop! Shop! Shop!
Polar things and good causes! Something for most budgets, except the really high ones! Mugs! Pins! Midwinter cards!
ko-fi.com/tealin/shop

Visit Tealin's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 12d

This month's Patreon update is live! Free and public as they all are! www.patreon.com/posts/update...

Update: September | Worst Journey Graphic Novel

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 16d

I can highly recommend indienovella.co.uk as great people to work with and open to unconventional ideas ...

Independent Publisher | Indie Novella

Indie Novella is an Independent Publisher, Bookseller and home of Read As You Go. A digital platform that brings novels to you, anywhere, anytime.

indienovella.co.uk

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 17d

Pleased to have my observations of the positive social/emotional impact of micro-interactions(www.patreon.com/posts/mcmurd...) confirmed by Actual Science (www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...)

The McMurdo Wave | Worst Journey Graphic Novel

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 20d

Jeg går til Roald Amundsen Memorial Lectures ved Frammuseet om november, som betalende gæst denne tid! Tjekk ud programmet (in English): cdn.duell.no/uploads/2097...
Billetter kan bestilles her: booking.duell.no/komiteen-til...
(Event in English, site is Norwegian, I'm practising my feeble Danish.)

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 20d

\o/ SCIENCE! \o/

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Scott Base @badspacecomics.bsky.social · 20d

Just arrived in the mail - the comic adaptation of one of the most gruelling true stories Ive ever read! Im only a few pages in and already hooked. By @worstjourney.bsky.social

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 20d

Click a button or it doesn't count!

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 20d

Get my book in E form for $7! Search Worst Journey and it'll be the only one with a ship on the cover.

Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 21d

Got a limit on space? Reading is accessible from your devices too! We're celebrating eBOOK DAY 💻👀 with 30% off ALL electronic copies of novels within our store page!

Something you've held off on? Tight on a budget? Today's the day to pick that title up for a little less! 📚 store.ironcircus.com

A very colorful glitchy swirl is coming out of a tablet a person is holding. Text overlaid on the image and the tablet reads: "Happy eBook day! All digital books on sale today only!".

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 21d

Poll! Do you like puzzles? Would you buy a 1000pc jigsaw of my art to support the Scott Polar Research Institute? Would you NOT do this? Tell me in a free and public poll here: www.patreon.com/posts/puzzle...

Puzzle Poll | Worst Journey Graphic Novel

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 23d

Next time you find yourself in similar circumstances, I recommend Brian and Charles.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 23d

It is a truth universally acknowledged ...

Silas Wright and George Simpson strategically positioned at the buffet table during the Terra Nova's farewell ball in Dunedin. Simpson is employing the buffet plate-stacking technique preferred by wizards at Unseen University.

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Tealin @twirlynoodle.com · 23d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky

An Edwardian teenager in a white dress and small purse is posed riding a bicycle, around which is built a model of Scott's ship Terra Nova

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 27d

The world may be going on fire, but on the other hand, I found a baby photo of The Cat Who Must Not Be Named.

From The Sphere, 24 May 1913. A photo of a small black kitten in someone's beefy hand. Caption: "A mascot of the second Scott expedition. Kitten on board the Terra Nova." Digitised by Sarah Airriess Sept 2025.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 27d

Unfortunately for me, this was after I did the bulk of my research, but fortunately, there is now a massive polar fandom with mad online research skills who are digging this stuff up and sharing it.

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Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social · 27d

A lot of archives spent the pandemic digitising everything they hold and putting it online for free.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 28d

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.

I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

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🎃 Andy but spooky @a-n-d-y.bsky.social · 27d

Clip Studio on sale, again. 60% off the best comic drawing app

CLIP STUDIO PAINT - More powerful drawing.

Your go-to art studio, fully packed with customizable brushes & tools. Available on Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, and Android.

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Roger Vaillancourt @rogerjva.bsky.social · 27d

It's hard to avoid the impression that social media is the new lead poisoning

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Sep 6

WHAT IS UP, CHICAGO???

Iron Circus Comics is up and running at Printers Row Lit Fest!

Drop on by for a huge selection of our most popular titles, and a FREE ZINE by @meganpiont.bsky.social about how to protect your neighbors from our bullshit federal government!

The iron Circus tent at printers Row Lit Fest

A zine on how to protect your neighbors from ICE!

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