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Inexpressible Island / Antarctica

Roald Amundsen Dreaming 
Joh. Thorsen 1875
Detail from ‘Portrait of Fra ‘Luca Pacioli’. Mathematician. Jacopo Barbari 1495  Perspective, light and shadow of rhombicuboctahedron.
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Papier
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Nuno Sousa Vieira
Friday!
Gryvtviken circa 1935 Captain William Williams
Flensing a blue whale.
Grytviken -  South Georgia. Swedish for Pot Cove.
This bay was established as a whaling station in the early 20th century. Whales were hunted in Southern and Antarctic waters then processed here for every last scrap in a highly lucrative trade. Station closed in 1966 due to perilously low whale stocks. I wonder why?
This is Captain William Williams, who worked for Lever, with a blue Whale. circa 1935
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Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic’

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Various photographs of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen lookin’ super foxy

And in addition to lookin’ super foxy, he fought for Russian famine victims and gave stateless refugees legal travel documentation. Why doesn’t the whole world know about this guy?

(Source: whiskerbaskets)

Sentimental stained glass panels to celebrate gallant British heros: Scenes - Departure to South Pole, South Pole disappointment, Oates leaving tent, and cairn of Scott, Wilson and Bowers. Binton Church, Warwickshire. Photos: Philip Halling   Glass: Kempe

Ice formations in Antarctica and what looks like a Ladybird illustration - ‘Dad and John enjoy looking at a dead seal’

Colourised transparencies by George Rayner c.1937-45. 

Rayner was British Biologist and keen photographer working on research ships, including Discovery ll, in Antarctic and sub-antarctic waters in 1930’s and 40’s.

(Source: museumvictoria.com.au)

Painted glass lantern slides based on descriptions from British Arctic Expedition 1875-76. Stylized drawings of a parhelia, aurora and icebergs.   
Men digging ice. Herbert Ponting. c 1911 Scott and party digging ice to take on board the Terra Nova. British Antarctic Expedition. Photo from nitrate film stock.  The National Archives UK 
Ship on ice by The National Archives UK
From Terra Nova. British Antarctic Expedition c1911