#plus 1851... mapping is not so easy as it is today
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65% of my work atm is essentially taking historical maps/first-hand accounts and plotting them to modern day satellite, google earth imagery, and boy ! mapping in the 19th century, huh
#currently at this exact moment working on one for the archaeological remains at Beechey island (from the Franklin expedition's first winter#camp)#so I'm mainly relying on the accounts and haphazard maps from the 1850s/60s rescue missions#and they are... vague<3#the written accounts are quite good- but they're using language that truly is only helpful if you are on the ground at Beechey island#and the map? THE MAP? oh boy#god love them- they had like a few days at the end of August to chart and scour (they were also primarily focused on finding written#proof of where Franklin and the boys went from Beechey island come spring)#plus 1851... mapping is not so easy as it is today#but good lord they're shit#also impeding is the nature of the arctic- how many times has ice been mistaken for land masses you know#^ a lot#it is fun though I'm quite autistic about maps and organizing#i've been in this course and working w/ this professor for 6 weeks and i'm already a walking franklin encyclopedia#i have so many fun facts!! so many!#on the franklin expedition
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