Glossopteris

Welcome aboard!

I’m Emma. I’m a writer, historian, astronomer, and all-around polar enthusiast—oh, and I do repair and maintenance work on RRS Discovery! This is my blog Glossopteris, where you’ll find an idiosyncratic range of posts including personal musings, commentary, and research articles on polar history. Join me as I plunge down the crevasse….

(This is a personal blog. The opinions expressed therein are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of any organisation I am affiliated with.)

Copying a pose of Edward Wilson with a Discovery life ring. This photo is a genuine Hurley (taken by Fiona Hurley, Discovery volunteer and distant relation of Frank Hurley)!

  • Tongue Fern

    Do you ever think about geologic time? I do. The Earth is a staggering four and a half billion years old. Scientists divide that vast amount of time into different eras based on rock records—that’s geologic time. You’ve probably heard of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous thanks to their most famous denizens, the dinosaurs. More…

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“It was strange to have sailed the sea for many years in entire ignorance that such things were.”

— Robert Falcon Scott