Glossopteris Polar

Chronicling my descent into polar madness. Writer & scientist with a big passion for polar history. Ship’s crew on RRS Discovery. ⚓️🇦🇶

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I’ve started a blog for my polar ramblings! Welcome to Glossopteris: https://t.co/inhCpHcJ4h

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Had a wonderful time @shackskool—won an award for funniest Icebreaker talk & had whisky in a -30C chamber! This was obvi a tough week due to political happenings so it was lovely to be surrounded by friendly people. Who knew people who love cold places could be so warm!

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What a fantastic weekend. Massive thanks to all lecturers, attendees, staff, participants for again making our little festival the warmest, most inclusive & fun polar gathering in the world each year.

We are back in October 2025 with the biggest SAS yet, as well as a new museum!

[Allegra Rosenberg @llegrarosenberg]

THE YOUTH GROUP @shackskool 📸 @paulclammer

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@GHF_BM Aaaa glad you liked it!! I have a blog post about visiting Cheltenham for Wilson things, if it’s helpful 🧡

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I’ve finished a challenge I set for myself to read all seven of these books on Wilson! My minor in Wilsonology was worth it; what an incredible person.

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Discovery’s bridge helm—before and after I restored it!

[Allegra Rosenberg @llegrarosenberg]

BIG DAY FOR ME......... i interviewed the folks behind the new @NatGeo Shackleton @Endurance_22 documentary for my first piece with @CNTraveler !!!!!!! https://t.co/GPDRXunrDh

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Discovery is now selling this really beautiful print of Shackleton as the South Polar Times editor, done by a local artist who clearly did a lot of research! I see Quartley’s ski slope demon in there 😈 This is the sorta thing I wish we had more of in the gift shop!

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@GHF_BM It’s incredible reading a lot of Wilson’s early writing and these books are the only place for it

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@GHF_BM Interesting comparisons are Mills’ bio of Shackleton, written with Emily, and Gywnn’s bio of Scott, commissioned by Kathleen

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@Snotlady5 to him in a tweet, but those he worked with spoke very highly of him. I’d recommend starting with Isobel Williams’ With Scott in the Antarctic, and searching up some of his paintings!

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@Snotlady5 Oh absolutely! Edward Wilson was on the Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions, and he was a polymath—an artist, a doctor, and a naturalist. His art is amazing, and he led a winter journey to learn about the life cycle of the emperor penguin in 1911. I can’t possibly do justice

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@icey_mark Ooh I can see a relation to Antarctica seeming distant but in fact impacting the whole world more than people realise—excited to read when you do write it up!

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@icey_mark Thank you so much! It means a lot to hear it resonated with such an eminent polar scientist!

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@icey_mark I’ve been tricked by AI photos several times—sadly it’s a new skill we all have to develop 😞

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Shackleton cross makes 7,000-mile journey to Dundee https://t.co/3BaWtNHoDn

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Attended the lovely rededication ceremony of the Hope Cross today! Lots of descendants of polar explorers were in attendance. From tomorrow, come check out the cross at Discovery Point, at the end of the exhibit just before you head out onto the ship!