just now realizing that the cold snap of 1846-1847 not only got the franklin expedition stuck in the ice but ALSO was the very same cold that got the donner party snowed in…
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just now realizing that the cold snap of 1846-1847 not only got the franklin expedition stuck in the ice but ALSO was the very same cold that got the donner party snowed in…
@myfavoritedemons
Monthly Patreon reward for Shaun! ✨
@so-i-did-this-thing Historical/Series Crozier commission, lines, coloured version, and gold frame diptych addition.
I did a paintover of the Crozier daguerreotype✨ probably not 100% accurate, just my personal interpretation of it. could have gone further but it was a fun task for an evening
or two

Historical and Series Croziers commissioned by @so-i-did-this-thing 💖
The Terror (2018) - S01E10 ‘We Are Gone’
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Quotes from Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony by David C. Woodman
Navy as uniforms of a paradoxical order-
1, 3, 5, 7) ‘Color Story: Navy Blue (“Navy’s Law”)’ by Haley Mlotek
2, 8) The Terror 1x01 ‘Go For Broke’
4) The Terror 1x03 ‘The Ladder’
6, 10) The Terror 1x09 ‘The C, the C, the Open C’
9) ‘Color Story: “Manatee Blue”’ by Rebecca Storm
A quiz made by @frauncis and myself in honor of one (1) good rowdy boy and his hilarious antics. Our Jimmy Fitzjimmy nearly died 20 times – which of those near death experiences best expresses YOU?
- Palin, M., Erebus: The Story of a Ship (2018)
- O'Byrne, W. R., A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and Services of Every Living Officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant, Inclusive, Volume 1 (1849)
- Battersby, W., James Fitzjames: the mystery man of the Franklin Expedition (2010)
@theterrorbingo fill: ‘a dearth of courage’