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Shackleton is a Twitter novel by artist Peggy Nelson— follow along at @EShackleton. This blog is the media companion to the novel.From @EShackleton:
- the climate scientist who introduced us to Shackleton. RIP Jim McCarthy, a great man and a dear friend. 🌎… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 year ago
- RT @otolythe: my talk about @EShackleton on @twitter at 3rd South Pole-sium, Oslo, May 2017 vimeo.com/219838961 #Shackleton #storytelli… 4 years ago
- TO everyone who has followed this adventure for the past 5 years, thank you!! I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. — @otolythe ^_^ 5 years ago
- Resources used to create this account: selected books, films, websites, & reenactments: eshackleton.com/resources 5 years ago
- To everyone who has followed this virtual Expedition, @EShackleton sends his most heartfelt thanks and regards. https://t.co/TXRrom4tim 5 years ago
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Stowaway
Perce Blackborow (age 18) with Mrs. Chippy, ship’s cat, on board the Endurance; photo by Frank Hurley, 1914
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Palace Hotel
Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires, c. 1914 More: [link, link, link]
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Envelope (2)
Collecting the last pieces of mail, 1914.
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Envelope (1)
“British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-16, Rare incoming envelope from the U.S.A. addressed to “J.F.K. Dobbs/S.S. “Endurance”/Imperial Antarctic Expedition/Buenos Ayres”, the only stop before South Georgia but arriving too late with ms. note “no está aqui” (not here) on reverse, returned … Continue reading
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Recipe
Escallops of Penguin Breasts Ingredients: Penguin Breasts as required Reconstituted onion Some fairly thick batter Flour Salt and pepper to taste Cut the breasts into thin slices and soak in milk for about 2 hours. Dry, season and flour them … Continue reading
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Charles Green, cook
“[Charlie] Green was the expedition cook. He worked in the galley, first aboard ship [then] on the ice, working the longest days of any on the expedition on a regular basis, from early morning till evening, preparing meals for 28 … Continue reading
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Paracelsus
Excerpt from Paracelsus Attains (Paracelsus II) by Robert Browning, 1835 Paracelsus. […] Tell me what thou wouldst be, and what I am. Aprile. I would love infinitely, and be loved. First: I would carve in stone, or cast in brass, … Continue reading
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I know that I was the interloper
“Well I know that I was the interloper: if a man who loves a woman much, so much that it seems his whole life hangs on her way with him, can be called an interloper. Child I suppose it is … Continue reading
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