A black and white photograph of scientist Elke Mackenzie. She is depicted after her gender transition, wearing earrings, a bead necklace, and clothing with a botanical print.

I am excited to share this photograph of lichenologist Elke Mackenzie in 1975! Prior to her transition in the 1960s, Mackenzie was the botanist on Operation Tabarin, a 1943-46 British expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula. Thanks to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation for digitising 🏳️‍⚧️🐧

The New Polar Times - Submit a Proposal Submit a Proposal

Round 2 submissions are open now! Submit your art proposals or apply to illustrate the NPT here - you have until 6/30! www.newpolartimes.com/contribute/s...

P.S. With all respect to my beloved woodpigeons, swifts > doves as symbolic representation of the Paraclete. Doves are dumb and randy all the time, whereas swifts are screaming maniacs that never slow down, and that, my friends, is the Holy Spirit in action.

Hurry! This is your last chance to submit a proposal for the New Polar Times! Submissions close at 11:59 PM EST on March 31st. www.newpolartimes.com/contribute/s...

This made me cheer. It gets directly at a problem I’ve often noticed: people don’t fundamentally understand what a historian *does*.

Can't wait!

A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

They should rename the world's largest iceberg 'Shackleton' because it clearly knew that South Georgia is the perfect place to die after four decades of fruitless wandering in Antarctica. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

CFP Edited Collection: "Imagining Explorers: From National Narratives to Public History, Explorers and Exploration in the Public Realm" via H-HistGeog: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... 🗃️

Can't wait to attend remotely!

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

If you're a reading teacher and you're teaching "three cueing" or "MSV" reading techniques, please read this and share it with everyone you know: www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Sounds good! 😊

Gonna momentarily get over my imposter syndrome and throw my hat into the imaginary continents ring re: Peary's "Crocker Land" if you're still thinking about this...

The Brink of Erasure The impending demolition of the National Archives Annexe is a crisis, not just for the study of history, but for Indian democracy.

"Uninhibited access to archives is — and should be — an essential characteristic of a democracy."

Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

*record scratch* Yep, that's me. You may be wondering how I got into this crazy situation. Well,

Hey, guys - the website & call for proposals for the NPT are up now! If you're interested in submitting your writing or art, be sure to have a look!

it's officially un-redacted as of this morning!! bsky.app/profile/newp...

i love frantically downloading pdfs before i lose access. truly the academic equivalent of stuffing breadsticks into your purse on your way out of the olive garden