#lawrence oates

[amundsenxcook]

Antarctica by Derek Mahon (1985)

[nopickls]

The heroic age of Antarctic exploration - after The Terror opening credits

[birdiebowers]

[thehutpoint]

In Ye Olde Times, when beautiful and brave boys were swarming both poles to die there in stupidly heroical (or heroically stupid) fashion, and smoking was still socially accepted, the cigarette producents added collectible items to the packs. For instance the cards depicting famous people. Obviously, the Terra Nova pole team became insanely famous after they froze to death on the return leg of their trip (WHY MY TITUS?!) so yes, their depictions ended up on the cigarette cards. You could find Titus, Scott, Bill and Birdie (unfortunately not Taff, because classism, baby) and different antarctic landscapes in the pack of the Players cigarette brand.

That one is obviously my beloved Titus Oates in his polar gear. The artist tried hard to catch that likeness, he did well with the eyes and these tiny dimples in the corners of Laurie's lips, slightly worse with the shape, but at least Titus looks here like a human and not something that crawled out of the Uncanny Valley.

Scott, for some reason, looks at the viewer with deep distrust and I can only imagine he glanced like that at poor Teddy during that long polar winter night. Still, likeness is pretty good, the artist caught it better than Scott's own wife (I swear, the face of Scott's statue in Christchurch is exact same face that the one Kathleen carved into the memorial plaque for Titus in Eton).

Bill looks very much like himself, gazing lovingly upon someone behind the viewer. Is it Scott? Is it Shackles? Well, that's Bill's sweet secret.

Poor Birdie clearly got a nosejob and looks like a long lost cousin of Ernest Shackleton. Clearly the artist had something against the big noses, because Birdie's organ isn't the only famous polar schnoz that got trimmed.

Well, yes, that's Roald Amundsen, just like Birdie, after a nosejob. His gaze looks a bit like he is stoned and will get munchies on a raw seal meat soon. The artist had also a bit of difficulty with drawing properly the Inuit anorak, so Roald looks a tad like he is dressed in one of these kigurumi pjs.

As a final accent, Titus training a pony in a polar landscape, the mound behind them is probably our old friend Erebus. While I must applaud the artist for getting the shape of the famous DIY sackcloth balaclava correctly (even if he did not get the size right and is it me or does Titus look in this DIY sackcloth balaclava like a crazy, overgrown polar version of Red Riding Hood? Like Antarctic Sackcloth Riding Hood, trying to extort brandy from Grandma Billson's basket?), the boots, on the other hand are, umm, nope.

[thegodofhellfire]

“I am just going outside and may be some time.”

[richo1915]

"I am just going outside and may be some time."

Capt Lawrence Oates 17Mar1912

March 6th, 1912

"Poor Oates is unable to pull, sits on the sledge when we are track-searching- he is wonderfully plucky, as his feet must be giving him great pain. He makes no complaint, but his spirits only come up in spurts now, and he grows more silent in the tent."

Journal from Captain Scott's Last Expedition

Captain Lawrence Oates was never seen again….

[polarexplorerspoll]

POLAR EXPLORERS SHOWDOWN: ROUND THREE

[notalexhorne]

I have this image saved in an album on my phone. The album is called “pharmacy” and this is the only image in the album.

It is reserved for days like today, when what ought to be a quick dash across the street turns into an hour-long wait in a queue. I have this image saved just so I can send it to my husband to let him know that I have died of old age while waiting to pick up my prescription

[laurielover1912]

One day, I'm going to have to write some polar boy fanfic. But what and how and stuff? It's been brewing for decades, since TLPoE, let's face it. I mean, look at my username.

And there's all this comment and art on here and photos I've never seen before ... and it's under my skin as much as it was when I was 14 and imagined I travelled back in time and lived in the Cape Evans hut with them all in 1911 (and I was older in my head obvs) and they all fell in love with me (well, Deb and Atch and Nelson and Day and Cherry and sometimes even Con) but my heart only belonged to the Soldier cos he was beautiful but a total fucking enigma (but also not).

[thehutpoint]

Nice description of Titus, I'd say. I mean he enjoyed so much all these onboard antics, full of close physical contact, it's quite obvious he loved touch. Yet he hid back in his shell (and in the stables) whenever something went wrong. My poor, dear, sweet, underappreciated Titus Oates.

[birdiebowers]

no surprises || terra nova expedition

112nd anniversary of finding the tent

series: the last place on earth (1985)

song: no surprises - radiohead

[thehutpoint]

'Cherry! Psssst, Cherry! For how long do we have to stand here? I want to take that collar off!'

Scott and officers on board of Terra Nova.

[gay-jesus-probably]

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP WE FOUND IRVINE (partially). WE'VE GOT A BOOT, SOCK AND SEVERED FOOT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. There's only four pairs of hobnail boots on corpses up there, and we've already found two of them on Mallory's body, so this ones gotta be Irvine! I mean the sock literally still has his name on it ffs.

BUT HOLY SHIT WE FOUND IRVINE'S FOOT!!! THEY KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THE REST OF HIM!!! AND THAT'S WHERE THE CAMERA IS, AND IF THAT FILM CAN BE DEVELOPED WE'VE GOT ANSWERS BABY!!!! Sure, maybe Mallory just accidentally dropped his wifes photo off a cliff and thats why it wasn't in his pocket anymore, the absence of a photo he meant to leave on the summit isn't solid proof that Mallory and Irvine reached the summit back in 1924 before their deaths. BUT THE CAMERA CAN PROVE IT, IF THE FILMS STILL GOOD LETS FUCKING GOOOO

WE'VE GOT A FOOOOT!!!!

[thehutpoint]

My brain immediately generated an idea of a classic musical about Titus, in which the main character sings only one song, namely "The fly on the turnip". There is the romantic duo "Antarctic Lovebirds" sang by Pennell and Atch, Meares has his big song titled "Fancy free", Teddy keeps returning with his couplets, Birdie sings that comical piece "How's your hay, farmer Hayseed?" and Cherry narrates whole thing. And of course there is this big, dynamic group number called "Furling the topsail" where clothes fly left and right and young bodies start to glisten.

Yep. My brain is deranged.

everyone made fun of lin manuel miranda for falling in love with historical figure alexander hamilton and forcing everyone to interact with his blorbo via rap, but if i could write a smash-hit hip hop musical about james fitzjames i would

[skitskatdacat63]

This is probably missing some, but here is my “Here me out” cake!! I am open to giving explanations :)

I am tagging @lil-shiro @soup-racing @pitayyaaa @suzuki-ecstar and anyone else who is interested! I just picked people who exprssed interest so I’m not unwilling implicating anyone in this public humiliation ritual sjdkdl

Below are some popsicle stick and cake pngs for ease !!

[polarexplorerspoll]

POLAR EXPLORERS SHOWDOWN: BONUS ROUND