Friday, September 30, 2011

Exploration

I just finished reading this (so good!) and am now obsessed with learning more about arctic and antartic explorations.  I am fascinated by Shackleton's Expedition voyage--not a single crewmember died and they camped out on an ice floe hoping it would drift.  Sheesh.

This weekend:

Archive of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society; photograph, Underwood and Underwood, New York

Courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society; photograph, Underwood and Underwood, New York

Courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society; photograph, Underwood and Underwood, New York

Courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society; photograph, Underwood and Underwood, New York