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Chinstrap penguin, Antarctica
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“Curried, fried or in a soup?” Levick weighs up a crabeater seal 1911 Seal meat was quite popular with Scott’s expedition team. Penguins less so - too fishy and oily.
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Picture 1017 by Bien Stephenson on Flickr. Ben Stevenson 2010 Antarctic trip
threeoranges: asteroidproject: Wilson, Scott, Evans and Oates at the South Pole, January 1912. A blurry photo, with Bowers absent - rarely reproduced. Wilson and Scott appear to be laughing. Source: ‘Race to the End’, Ross D. E. MacPhee, American Museum of Natural History, 2010. The perfect antidote to the famously miserable “Standing Dead” photo: who says these men felt beaten at this point? Who says it? Evidently they found something to laugh about, even at this low point in their lives…
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cinoh: Piedras de Portugal [2] Óleo / papel, 60 x 44 cm Miguel Gómez Losada 2013
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mpdrolet: From Anonymous Origami Stephen Gill
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Paula Winokur  Iceland ledge III Porcelain 2010
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The Glad eye penguin from Queen Lizzie’s Royal Collection. Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) Silver bromide print, Mar 1912 Presented to King George V, 1914

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(Source: 103daysofdarkness)

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Original Glad eye Adelie penguin picture used for Scott and Ponting’s lecture advert
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“I’m the Glad Eye Penguin” Lectures and films of past expeditions toured the country to raise funds for the next expedition and pay off debts,   
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Penguin day today. Two eggs and two tins of Lyle’s Golden for Adelie penguin. Ponting, Terra Nova Expedition.
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Adelie Land, a grotto of “mysteries” Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Glass lantern slide, hand coloured. Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. George Hunter Collection
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