Sketch collage inspired by the 1897-1899 Belgian Antarctic Expedition, after reading Madhouse at the End of the Earth (Julian Sancton, 2021) and My Life as an Explorer (Roald Amundsen, 1927)

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The heroic age of Antarctic exploration - after The Terror opening credits

all of us

Fram Sailing Ship, by Charles J Lundgren (1911 - 1988)

just thought why not to post silly Amundsen and Cook

"Obersten" was a lead of the teams of Greenland dogs that took Roald Amundsen and his companions to the South Pole in 1911. He's easily recognizable in photos due to having damaged his ear in a fight with another dog during their stay in Antarctica.

Amundsen's expedition was a right massacre in terms of dogs. Out of the over 100 that were present on Fram, and out of the 52 that left Framheim for the Pole, only 3 dogs returned to Norway and Obersten was the only to have made it all the way. Most of the others were killed for food, some died of sickness on the return trip, and some were sold on to other expeditions.

Obersten's survival and return was, in addition to his hardiness and strength of character, due to his bond with fellow polar explorer Oscar Wisting. He's said to have stood out as particularly willfull and stubborn from the very start of the expedition, and upon retirement, he spent the rest of his life as Wisting's family dog. As the story goes, the family's youngest son and some friends decided one winter day to have Obersten pull a sled in a makeshift dog race - but once their plans became known, Oscar ran out 'in only his shirt' to put an end to their shenanigans (to everyone's great disappointment - including the dog, probably) saying something to the effect of "this dog has pulled far too much for much too far in his life, and should never have to pull another gramme."

Sticker Sheets are here! Two versions, featuring of course, or beloved Cold Boys from the Terror, and some historical sailors. Inlcuding Amundsen in his Belgica era, and some Rossier in the Antarctic.

Go, check it out!

before and after pictures of members of the belgica expedition

ok im back into my polar obsession - i know i missed alot in these fice years BUT im happy to know the fandom is still alive AHHHH

so - please reblog/ like this if you are interested in

antarctica

arctic

polar exploration

scotts expeditions

shackletons expedtions

fridtjof nansen, amundsen and co

belgica

terror the series

and polar stuff in general

cant wait to talk to yall <3

An image of Roald Amundsen's sloop Gjøa, the first ship to successfully sail the Northwest Passage, framed in wood from the ship's library (New York Historical Society).

Gjøa at Gjøa Haven, c. 1903-1906 (Fram Museum).

The Airship "Norge's" Flight Over the Arctic Ocean (1926)

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Frederick Cook, Roald Amundsen and little Georges Lecointe in a sleeping bag. 💕 Drawing by Emil Racovitza.

[Reproduced in 'Antarctic Pioneers: The Voyage of the Belgica 1897-99' - Fram Museum]

i just made this and it already looks fried