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cigarettes and list of maritime disasters on wikipedia on a cool summer night

when the hot ticket was arctic exploration they were sending boats full of the best and brightest and most distinguished the royal navy has to offer and meanwhile in antarctica from the belgica expedition onward it was one weird guy and a boat that sucked crewed by some freaks they found on the side of the road

kittieees

december 2024 • iceland

ernest “I cannot believe it is true” shackleton (upon learning of the pole party’s death) vs frederick “it is quite possible that roald amundsen is still alive” cook

tackle box 🎣

anywhere can be the trenches with the right mindset

Laila after lunch.

“the algorithm only shows us _____” so stop looking at the algorithm. you don't need it. go to a thrift store and flip through some magazines from the 1980s. go read a random book that’s no longer in print on the internet archive. go to a museum and walk around until you see an artwork you don’t recognize. go get a cookbook from the library and make a recipe you've never tried. go listen to the radio. go talk to people in real life. you are not confined to your online content feed. you never have been!!!!!!!

fishing boat 🎣

gonna start using this rothko card deck for divination

the terror is so much funnier if you remember that they’re all literally just coworkers……. like yes ofc there’s the blowjob brotherhood of the royal navy and it’s not a normal job but like.. it IS a job

there’s a certain descent into madness one takes after watching the terror. one minute you’re watching the show with mild interest and the next minute you’re hand painting Robert Scott’s sledging flag to put on your wall

congratulations lil buddy that's the worst anyone's ever drawn it

[source: roald amundsen's belgica diary]

One thing I like about historical men's fashion is the collars peeking through the cravat

So I made a little compilation

playin wit ma toys!! thank u @erraticcowboy for yapping with me

“[Goodsir] is perfectly good humored … laughs delightfully … is a pleasant companion and an acquisition to the mess” - Captain Fitzjames’ Journal 

'the only way out is through' no. the only way out is to keep overwintering in the pack ice. smh.

some visual development pieces for my Whaling Era horror comic anthology, Whalebones 🐋🦴

A toothpick in the shape of a fish, scrimshawed by a sailor aboard a ship, mid-19th century

a few lieutenants....... 2025

“you should be at the club” Brother I should literally be sent to the seaside for my health

A lighthouse keeper made "Trinity House" sewing box, mid 19th century

polar exploration media should come with a warning that you will never be normal again

reposting bc typo but thought about the neighbors the other day

Weird thing enjoyer found another weird thing to enjoy

Various Frankenstein doodlings. Abt half were from reference half from imagination.

Most of these are related to the Royal Ballet version which I watched a video of the other day. So good and such a wild combination. The elegant medium and the grotesque subject matter.

I also had to draw that amazing puppet version that was made for the Hamburg state opera. lil cutie he is

kill them with kindness? WRONG! franklin expedition 🛢️🗺️🍽️🪦⛵️🧪⚰️🕳️🛢️🛢️🛟🥩🥩❄️🌫️🔥📜🥩🛟🕳️⚰️🇬🇧🛢️🌫️📜🐻‍❄️🦴🦴🌨️⚰️🍽️🛢️⛵️🗺️🔥❄️🧭🩸🪦📜🔪🕯️⛺️⚓️🛷🍴🥩🫀🥾🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️⚓️🛷❄️🇬🇧🌫️🌫️🛟📜🕳️🫀🥩🇬🇧🧪🥾🛷🗺️🍴📜⚓️🪦🔥🧪⛺️🥩🥩⚰️🛟🧭

three times a year we have the monastery poetry slam but some of the brothers are taking vows of silence so they just get up there and look at us for a while and then we all clap