JJW · @jjw
183 followers · 180 posts · Server mastodon.nz
JJW · @jjw
183 followers · 180 posts · Server mastodon.nz

This toot-thread was inspired by this woefully misleading children’s book which has the audacity to mention Mrs Chippy but not that Ernie ordered her murder in (literal) cold blood.

#history #historicalrevisionism #justiceformrschippy #ErnestShackleton

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JJW · @jjw
181 followers · 175 posts · Server mastodon.nz

One of the most overrated and misunderstood guys. He literally didn’t do anything other than have good posthumous PR.
5/5

#history #ErnestShackleton #failson #mrschippywasmurdered

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Vivienne Dunstan · @vivdunstan
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Tonight’s supper reading, Mensun Bound’s “The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance”. I was lucky to get a signed copy from my local bookshop. I rarely read print now due to neuro disease, but this one’s layout and structure is me friendly.

#maritimearchaeology #maritime #archaeology #history #nonfiction #reading #books #shipwrecks #shipwreck #historicships #explorers #exploration #endurance #antarctica #antarctic #Shackleton #ErnestShackleton

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Peter Morse · @petermorse
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An visualization project I must return to - a flying virtual tour of with an 'introduction' by . This was created using an early version of , so it'll be interesting to revisit and update in the future when I have some time! Hope you enjoy it.
vimeo.com/579339626

#unrealengine #subantarctic #digitalhistory #gis #cesiumforunreal #southgeorgia #island #ErnestShackleton

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