Category: Robert Falcon Scott
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Why?
Historically, the sinking of the Titanic and the death of Robert Falcon Scott took place within a few weeks of one another, but the world didn’t find out about the latter until a year after it happened. It took me 16 years after my Titanic obsession to find Scott in…
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From the South Pole to the Stars
Amundsen at the South Pole; Aldrin on the moon. Photo credits Olav Bjaaland, Neil Armstrong. This post is adapted from my presentation at Terror Camp 2023. In December 1911, Roald Amundsen and his team stand at the South Pole, hats doffed, staring up at the Norwegian flag they’ve raised above…
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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…
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