“The Ice Was Here, The Ice Was There, The Ice Was All Around.” (S. T. Coleridge)

Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865

“i would be fangirling so hard if i met him” but im talking about my favorite scraps of fabric from the franklin expedition

Arctic sun.  More Adventures. 1940.  Armstrong Sperry. 

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In 1869 the New Bedford artist and photographer William Bradford took part in an expedition to northern Greenland sponsored by a Boston family. The trip was documented in this book, with albumen photos that are considered the finest artic photos of the mid to late 19 th century. The book is scarce with copies selling in the 125-150000 range.

eventyr: This is Arctic

Man Proposes, God Disposes (1864) by Edwin Henry Landseer

happy birthday bill :)))