maxine • 23, she/her • polar exploration, the terror, sailing & art
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Latest Posts by icegrotto - Page 2
i don't know how to flirt but i'll pick up cool rocks and bring them to you like a penguin attempting to court its mate
i adore being confronted with the staggering breadth of what individual people can get obsessed with. there's nothing better than having That One Mutual with an advanced degree in ancient greek tragedy who writes minecraft youtube fanfiction to remind you that anyone can love anything
Had i seen this play in theater i would have crawled out of my skin to escape what's happening on stage
Arctic and Antarctic Murals by MacDonald Gill 1884 -1947. Mapmaker, Graphic Designer, Letterer & Architect
The Polar Museum: Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
credits: x x x x
Why did the thing that reinvigorated my love of sketching and actually using my sketchbook have to be pencils that cost £30 for a pack of 12. Really couldn’t have been something cheaper
insane how andreas maler is like a top 5 best video game protagonist of all time, but no one knows because he's stuck in a queer little medieval point and click adventure game
highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.
Photos taken by Harald Sverdrup of the aurora borealis as viewed from ‘Maud’, 1918-1925
Under a full moon in Antarctica
danielkordan
By Engraving Found Plastic Waste, Duke Riley Links Extractive Practices Throughout Human History
If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading
yapped about Antarctica (+The Worst Journey in the World) at my monthly book club and a lady was like that’s so interesting do you have a scientific background and I was like no sorry I just get intense about things
'' Pests found in shipwrecks, coral reefs, rocky tidepools and deep underwater caves. Triton blennies love infesting our fishing vessels, stealing our food, and leaving a nasty mess of fish guts behind. For a small dragon with multiple legs, the only thing they got going for is their gnarly interlocked teeth, other than that... they're pretty much little defenseless marine scum. We roast them whole, boiled in a stew with mandrakes and other vegetables, and sometimes their legs get pulled out and served as garnish for soups, quite similar to the Swoopalüng taste wise- they're good eating, its just upsetting that they're almost everywhere we set sail to. ''
Inktober day 22 - Ghost
The ghost at the top of the old lighthouse, watching over the ships and wondering if someone will come to keep him company.
Been wanting to draw a lighthouse for a while too!XD
I got roland huntford's the last place on earth in a charity shop and am ready to read it through gritted teeth, knowing his opinion of scott, but can we just appreciate this absolute power pose from amundsen
asking myself “is this really who i want to be forever?” a lot lately
"you're good at art you should go to college you should start animation you should get a job in the industry you have so much potential" I SHOULD BE IN THE WOODS. EATING POISONOUS BERRIES
no offense but reading is literally the cure to brain rot and there’s no work around to reading books
Mai Miturich. Illustrations for Gennady Snegiryov's "About Penguins" (1980).
3 days in the arctic. not much time to draw, but a lot to see 🌠 kola peninsula, august '24
I've been wanting to do a full-crew Endurance illustration for a long time, and finally the gang's all here! 28 men, dogs and cat all accounted for, with every crew member referencing either a photo of them or a story about them. It's a little over two years since I first read Lansing's Endurance and I couldn't be happier to still be researching and drawing these guys :)