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A very happy birthday to Francis Crozier, who still has more of them than the King (thanks to dates varying depending on the source), but today is the real one, according to his father - I wrote about the mystery in www.thethousandthpart.com/notes/the-ma... #NavalHistory #PolarExploration
Francis Crozier’s real date of birth — the thousandth part
After 178 years of confusion over Captain Crozier's date of birth, conclusive evidence is found in his father's correspondence
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October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM Everybody can reply
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Bonus episode available now for Officer's Club members on Patreon and Into History subscribers, "A Brief History of Antarctic Exploration."

#history #maritimehistory #antarctica #skystorians #polarexploration

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A Brief History of Antarctic Exploration | Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
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October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM Everybody can reply
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Photo taken within the wreck of HMS Terror. She was part of Franklin’s doomed last expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the 1840s, and was rediscovered off King William Island by Parks Canada ten years ago.

I have the same plates on my dresser

#Arctic #Canada #RoyalNavy #PolarExploration
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM Everybody can reply
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My review of Arctic Circles and Imperial Knowledge: The Franklin Family, Indigenous Intermediaries, and the Politics of Truth was published in JACNZS. Highly recommend this book for #Franklin history and #polarexploration history fans!
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September 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM Everybody can reply
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The great unsung hero, treated abyssmally by Peary, Matthew Henson. #PolarExploration #NorthPole #Arctic
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM Everybody can reply
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VINTAGE POSTCARD Aviation America Airship of m Welmann intends for the forwarding of the Polar North pole Zeppelin

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#VintagePostcard #AviationHistory #Airship #Zeppelin #PolarExploration #HistoricFlight #AviationHeritage #RetroTravel #NorthPoleExpedition
August 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM Everybody can reply
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Got to see this beautiful replica od De Witte Swaen, the expedition ship on which Willem Barentsz sailed to Bear Island, Svalbard and Nova Zembla in 1596. #history #sail2025 #polarexploration
August 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM Everybody can reply
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Fellow polar historians, in case you have not yet read this - FYI:

#franklinexpedition #northwestpassage #polarexploration #polarhistory #arcticexpedition
My excellent webmaster is retiring, so my website aglooka.ca is moving to a new host. Transfer is now underway, please be patient as I am informed that there may be issues lasting from hours to a day or so. Thanks - you should be enjoying the summer holidays instead of reading the website anyway! 😏
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August 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM Everybody can reply
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quick Tom Crean and Alf Cheetham sketch while I wait it out at the psych's office #antarctica #polarexploration #endurance
July 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM Everybody can reply
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Here is a line from my current read (the American Dame one) which much more accurately reflects my innermost machinations:
"I have got the Arctic lure and will certainly go North again." Sadly it's p94 tho - p157 in this one is a picture so I'm just claiming this one 😁 #PolarExploration #BookSky
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM Everybody can reply
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C'mon @angryalgonquin.bsky.social, what's yours?! Also - I really enjoyed To the Poles Without A Beard 😁 A quick and easy read, stressfully chaotic at times but very human and engaging. It really was 'Bridget Jones goes to the ends of the earth'! #BookSky #PolarExploration
July 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM Everybody can reply
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@angryalgonquin.bsky.social Which of my lovely birthday books should I devour first?! 🤔 #BookSky #PolarExploration
July 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM Everybody can reply
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#TheTerror fans interested in the heroic age of #PolarExploration may be interested!
Submissions for artists close tomorrow! Take this last chance to help illustrate the New Polar Times through original art, cartoons, comics, and caricatures!
June 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM Everybody can reply
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As part of the rework of Ice, Snow and the Quest for Salvation, I added a bunch of new artworks and quotes from polar explorers.

Get Ice, Snow and the Quest for Salvation for free here - rat-in-a-suit.itch.io/ice-snow-and...

#ttrpg #indiettrpg #tabletop #rpg #tabletop #polarexploration #ttrpgdev
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM Everybody can reply
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