Reposted by Regular MongooseSarah Pickman @sarahmpicks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026pbs.orgWhat the Arctic Sounds Like UnderwaterThe Arctic looks like the quietest place on Earth. Below the ice it is one of the loudest. Hear the walrus, the bearded seal, and the full Arctic chorus… 052
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026consultant roughly twice my age, looking at my "benign|not benign" test results: "I had a partner with your first name once" 020
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I hear it's bandwagon game time! Pick a number you're curious about 240
Reposted by Regular MongooseAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Meet Tigernos, one of Britain’s earliest named sailors! ⚓️ A Briton and Roman fleet veteran, his story is recorded on the bronze Lanchester Diploma issued by Antoninus Pius in AD 150. It grants him honourable discharge from the Classis Germanica and Roman citizenship. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology 741099
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026*standing up on the plane* I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me; had they duly consider’d how much depended upon what they were then doing; — that not only the production of a r 000
Reposted by Regular MongooseSarah Pickman @sarahmpicks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Excited that my article on collecting polar exploration ephemera is live, part of the special issue “Crossings in Polar Art History” for the journal Art History. Thanks to issue editors @issygapp.bsky.social and Mark Cheetham and everyone who spoke to me for this piece, incl. @tchotchke.bsky.social!track.smtpsendmail.com‘You will find it at the North Pole when you get there’: Travels in Polar Exploration EphemeraAbstract. Throughout the long nineteenth century, dozens of exploratory expeditions embarked from Western Europe and European settler nations for the Arcti 44217
Reposted by Regular MongooseHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Some Melville-adjacent reading I recommend for @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social, including: The Morgesons, by Elizabeth Stoddard (the Elena Ferrante of the 1860s). This is a sexier, weirder, US Jane Eyre and is the best 19th century novel you’ve never heard of. bookshop.org/lists/recomm...bookshop.orgRecommended Reading: Melville and BeyondCheck out this list on Bookshop 2122
Reposted by Regular MongooseAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20/07/2026A floating research station resembling a giant aluminium igloo has set out from France to begin a long-term mission in the Arctic that will see it drift with the polar ice in the most hostile of environments u.afp.com/SrTD 34213
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Perhaps, even, a pausa de hidratajohn? (May the best team win and both survive) 061
Reposted by Regular MongooseJames Fitzjames @fitzjames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Just received some wonderful minimalist design tips from Sir Barrow himself, who assures me that I'll be looking like a sickly bird in a shoebox in no time! 042
Reposted by Regular MongooseHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I wish I could tell you that I have consumed any other culture/thought about anything else in six months but I haven’t, and here’s a little bit about why. Thanks to @publicbooks.bsky.social and anyone who has allowed me to talk at them about HR and MD: www.publicbooks.org/heated-rival...publicbooks.org“Heated Rivalry” Is the “Moby-Dick” of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows - Public BooksThe literary genre of contemporary MM romance realizes an imagined world that Melville was trying to write into being. 1916543
Reposted by Regular MongooseKitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This is so relatable. A certain London institution could learn something here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org‘Pity the poor independent scholar!’: The Lament of a Latecomer Historian | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core‘Pity the poor independent scholar!’: The Lament of a Latecomer Historian - Volume 2 031
Reposted by Regular MongooseAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 03/07/2026TIL that from 1961 to 2009 there was a bowling alley in Antarctica (at McMurdo station) and it used penguin-themed pins. 221370262
Reposted by Regular Mongoosetrimaris @trimaris.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Wusstet Ihr, dass Innu-Frauen schon vor Jahrhunderten Baskenmützen trugen? Über die jahrhunderte alten Beziehungen zwischen Basken, Inuit und Innu, über Caravellen und Kayaks. Schaut Euch das Video im Artikel an!!! 032
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026What doesn't help in a heatwave? A/C discourse. What does help in a heatwave? Advice from airflow experts. If you want to cool your hot indoor European dwelling *to the extent possible without aircon*, this is the thread for you. Saved my bacon in 40+ in 2022, invaluable ever since. 040
Reposted by Regular MongooseKatie G @katiegors.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I updated my Franklin expedition genealogy starter spreadsheet with the recent identifications! docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I'm actually not sure if I've linked this here before? I've been trying to keep track of which members of the expedition people online have talked about researching.docs.google.comFranklin Expedition Identification 093
Reposted by Regular MongooseNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/05/2026"We know that all of the dogs used in the 1857-59 McClintock Expedition to find the missing Franklin Expedition were acquired from Indigenous communities in the Arctic. They were mostly sourced from Greenland and parts of Northern Canada..." - Celina Lee niche-canada.org/2023/09/27/e...niche-canada.orgExploration and Exploitation: The Use of Dogs and Sledges in Early-Modern Arctic ExpeditionsAll of these animals served as tools, in order to directly benefit their human owners and their pursuits. 12611
Reposted by Regular MongooseKatie G @katiegors.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The research paper about the identification of Harry Peglar is online now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org“Some very hard ground to heave”: DNA identification of Harry Peglar, Captain of the Foretop, HMS Terror | Polar Record | Cambridge Core“Some very hard ground to heave”: DNA identification of Harry Peglar, Captain of the Foretop, HMS Terror - Volume 62 11511
Reposted by Regular MongooseKatie G @katiegors.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Last year I was able to assist in identifying 4 (FOUR?!?) members of the Franklin expedition! I'm the amateur genealogist who researched Bridgens, Young, Orren, and Peglar, and was able to find and contact living descendants of their families who agreed to do DNA tests! 165813
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Four more! Peglar, Bridgens, David Young, William Orren www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...ctvnews.caFour sailors from doomed Franklin expedition identified through DNAResearchers at the University of Waterloo have identified the remains of four more crew members of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage. 22315
Reposted by Regular MongooseReetta Sippola @reettasippola.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A new piece on sea ice, material agency in the Arctic and James Cook’s third voyage: www.bssi.org.uk/reetta-sippo...bssi.org.ukReetta Sippola on Sea Ice — Blue Sustainability and Society Initiative 187
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 03/05/20264:50 from Paddington is delayed by approximately 9 minutes 030
Reposted by Regular MongooseMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Corridor wall tiles. 1897. Pierhead Building, Cardiff Docks Embossed, Enamelled & Plain Glazed Tiles by J C Edwards of Ruabon, Wales. #TilesOnTuesday 29516
Reposted by Regular MongoosePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Sorry to ask what may be a strange question, but trans people, do you think the Labour government is actively or aggressively anti-trans? 1436116
Reposted by Regular MongooseLou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Actor David Walmsley (whose work you might have enjoyed in The Terror or Slow Horses) is raising money for two mental health charities and one supporting people in the entertainment & events industry, by running 30 marathons in 30 days - with no rest days. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...givewheel.com30 IN 30 Marathon ChallengeHey guys! Thanks for taking the time to visit my GiveWheel page. I have a mission… My mission is to run 30 marathons in 30 consecutive days. I… 1108
Reposted by Regular MongoosePhilippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 03/03/2026For anybody out there who just needs a little giggle. 3288
Regular Mongoose @meeptheschmorp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026A kindred spirit (down to the handwriting) with whoever annotated a beloved used copy of the Iliad in English. Why do I love it? For the note "Achilles is a hero", first put to paper in book 18/24, on the n-hundredth mention of his name, of a work whose first line tells you "Achilles is a hero" 031
Reposted by Regular MongooseJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago www.newscientist.com/article/2514...newscientist.comSeafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years agoThe first people to reach the Kitsissut Islands off the north-west coast of Greenland were Indigenous peoples, who crossed over 50 kilometres of treacherous water 0345
Reposted by Regular MongooseDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This account has long been a friend of the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, so I'm pleased to see this: 4689
Reposted by Regular MongooseIsaac Fellman @isaac-fellman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026NEWS! My next book, TRANSLUNAR, about a closeted trans woman who's an astronaut in the sixties, is coming out in fall 2027! It'll be on Wildthorn, Tor's brand-new general fiction imprint -- a dream, as it lets me work with @englelaird.bsky.social on my literary and historical fiction as well as SFF. 1322459
Reposted by Regular MongooseGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Applications are open for our 23rd Summer School on British History and the History of the British Empire! This year's topic will be "City and Empire. Colonial and Postcolonial London". 🏛️ 📅 21-24 July 2026 📍German Historical Institute London ⏰ Apply by 6 March 2026 1/5 11910
Reposted by Regular Mongoosesickorax @ripeteeth.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Artist! Quote with your most detailed art! My beloved Francis Crozier really gives off truck stop diner vibes 5409
Reposted by Regular MongooseCaroline Hack @carolinehack.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Finally finished my contribution to #CorsetRevivalProject #upcycling contemporary corsets saved from landfill. I’ve highlighted the Arctic Whaling Trade where the whalebone/baleen came from. Working on a 3d base has been a real challenge! 710725
Reposted by Regular MongooseJames Fitzjames @fitzjames.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Feeling like a real “screwed guy” on “BlueSky”! 0105
Reposted by Regular MongooseTerror Camp @terrorcamp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Dave has a few more character playlists up his sleeve for this winter! 🤩❤️ Here's the first one, a playlist for Tommy Armitage: open.spotify.com/playlist/1JW...open.spotify.com24. Armitage 1114
Reposted by Regular MongooseJames Fitzjames @fitzjames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025CROZIERE DOSNOT KNOW THE JOJ OF TETRIES CHOCLAY ORNAGE 0118
Reposted by Regular MongooseDubiously sourced gender in a waistcoat @fitzgender.bsky.social · 18/12/2025✨An (incomplete) database of Terror Camp Resources✨ After the polar exploration high of Terror Camp is over I’ve sometimes found it difficult to find things again. So I’m compiling the resources shared this year into a little searchable database… 197
Reposted by Regular MongooseTerror Camp @terrorcamp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025📣 Reminder: Share your feedback with our survey, and help us make Terror Camp better! If you attended Terror Camp this year, you should have received a link to the survey via email. It only take a minute or so to complete! 🙏❄️ 062
Reposted by Regular MongooseCam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada todayctvnews.caIndigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada todayFirst Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal’s airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection. 36624
