Polar explorers fandom where you at

[primeideal]

Okay, so this might be a fandom that does more in anon space than namespace, but whatever. As mentioned a couple weeks ago, I have, er, taken the plunge back into polar exploration fandom, broadly defined. Here are some other enticements/highlights from "Empire of Ice and Snow."

• when the ship is being crushed the last day, the captain takes out his phonograph and starts playing record after record, then chucks them into the fire once they're done, ending with the "Funeral March" by Chopin.
• a literal guide dog, and a lucky cat
• like "Endurance," there's a long trek by just a couple people who go for rescue; unlike Endurance, there are language barriers but also a bunch of random kindness of strangers moments.
• "a tiny native Siberian of just over four feet tall nicknamed—with a literalness that Bartlett found endearing—Little."
• the Scottish dude quotes from the Scottish edition of the Psalms
• Russian warships almost come to the rescue but then World War I happens and the ships have to turn back :(
• one of our heroes "described his first meal of walrus as 'Excellent! Tasted like roast beef.' He had said the same thing about his first bear meat, too, but was so hungry, apparently any large animal meat reminded him of roast beef."
• more food reviews: "Some of the eggs were unfortunately too advanced in development to still be considered eggs, but they ate them anyway. Chafe joked about it, quipping, 'They would not have been considered marketable under the Pure Food Laws of any country. But there were no Pure Food Laws on Wrangel Island, so we ate anything that would sustain life.'"
• possibly? a little bit of? murder?
• one of the Inuit hunters brought along his wife, a seamstress (very critical to have warm clothes!) ... and their daughters, age 8 and 3
• the girls are clearly tougher and stronger than most of the men put together

The kids come through just fine, as does the cat and the "main character" dog. (There are some deaths of dogs young and old, also humans, and some inadvertent desecration of a corpse.)

And if you like shippy dynamics, there are angles like heroic captain/villainous self-promoter, Actual #2/Guy Who Probably Should Be #2, Scottish nerd/Norwegian jock, Calming Influence Seamstress/Her Husband the Hunter. Something for everyone!

In conclusion please tell me where I can find the namespace fandom and/or stay tuned for further Cold Takes.

Comments

[sailor]

hi there!! i was trawling the yuletide reveals posts, recognized your username, came to take a look and got super stoked to see this post! i'm strikerbacks on ao3 — i coordinated the polar explorer rpf nomination boom for yuletide. :'))

if you're on twitter, polar explorer fandom is mostly active there! it's a relatively small group of us but we are really active in namespace and always happy to have new folks (especially for karluk, which more of us are looking to get into this year!)

there is also the kink meme for the anon fandom activity: coldboys

all that to say that if you do want to take the plunge and join us, we welcome you with open arms! :D i'm chieflyalcohol on twitter, feel free to follow me there if you'd like and the rest of the fandom will unfold!

[primeideal]

Yayyyy, thank you so much! (At the risk of butt-kissing I loved that museum fic...) I used to be on Twitter but it's been years so I may just lurk for now. But I will definitely be checking out the kinkmeme, thanks! :)

[sailor]

!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH that means the world to me! ;v;

awesome, we are happy to have you whenever and wherever! :D