Today, it is 70 years since #GeorgeMurrayLevick passed away. This British Antarctic explorer made observations on penguins that were considered too shocking for the world. They are recounted in A Polar Affair, an unusual and colourful book of #PolarExploration, #Penguins, and perversion.
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What drives someone to head out into the great unknown? Ally Wilkes has a few ideas after writing two acclaimed exploration horror novels (with another coming soon!) She'll be at Writing the Occult: Seekers next Saturday to share her tips on writing explorers.
Tix/details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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#horror #exploration #polarexploration #horrorfiction #sciencefiction #writers #writing #darkfantasy #occult #paranormal #archetypes #characters #creativity #creativetoots #books
Meanwhile, horror author Ally Wilkes made her name in desperate tales of the golden age of polar exploration, but her next one, Man Eater - due in February 2027 - is set in the fevered jungles of the Amazon during the late Victorian orchid-hunting craze. What drives a human to go off seeking the unknown? Ally will guide us through some of the explorer archetypes.
Tix/details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
#horror #horrorwriters #horrorcommunity #explorer #exploration #polarexploration
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Ich hätte da ja noch eine Idee:
#Miertsching #Gröditz #Weißenberg #Lausitz #Sorabistik #Domowina #franklinexpedition #polarexploration #HMSInvestigator #herrnhuter #brüdergemeine
United States Antarctic Program Field Manual (2024) [pdf]
https://www.usap.gov/usapgov/travelAndDeployment/documents/Continental-Field-Manual-2024.pdf
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VINTAGE POSTCARD Aviation America Airship of m Welmann intends for the forwarding of the Polar North pole Zeppelin
#VintagePostcard #AviationHistory #Airship #Zeppelin #PolarExploration #HistoricFlight #AviationHeritage #RetroTravel #NorthPoleExpedition
#Schmetterlinge in der hohen Arktis, am 74. Breitengrad?
Heute jährt sich sein Geburtstag - Anlass für uns, mal eine ganz andere Seite von Johann August #Miertsching vorzustellen:
https://www.trimaris.de/2025/08/21/miertsching-und-die-schmetterlinge/
#Polarexpedition #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage
#MercyBay
#Entomologie
#Polarexploration 19thcentury
FranklinExpedition
#HMSInvestigator
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