Antarctica Shorts
Description: Part of a series of Travel Posters by Walford Designs. This series explores places and maps, listing key points of interest, historical sites and charting the terrain. This map shows the research stations that are based on Antarctica. Yes this list isn't exhaustive but if you're planning on visiting them I'd recommend a slightly better map and possible check their opening hours. I hear the walk back if they're closed can be quite a long one.
Description: Largest desert on earth (ice, not sand). Frozen desert paradox (confusing). McMurdo Dry Valleys (Mars-like). Diamond dust sky (sparkly). 2cm precipitation flex (barely wet). Polar desert soul (cold). Ice shelf citadel (giant). No permanent humans (just scientists). Extremophile life (tough microbes). Albedo guardian (cooling).
Description: A stylized, geometric representation of Antarctica. A prominent snow-capped mountain dominates the upper portion, set against a black sky. Below, a vast expanse of icy water features scattered icebergs and landmasses in shades of blue and dark blue. An orange band at the bottom contains the text "ANTARCTICA" in white capital letters.
Description: The wreck of Endurance was discovered on 5 March 2022. Endurance22 announced, in a 9 March 2022 press release, that they had successfully found the wreck in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 9,869 feet. It was about 4 miles south of Worsley's original calculated location. Mensun Bound, the expedition’s director of exploration, said that Worsley's navigational skills had helped the expedition find the wreck; his historic "detailed records were invaluable". Additionally, sea ice, which covers the Weddell Sea year-round and has historically been so thick as to make underwater exploration nearly impossible, was recorded as being at its lowest levels around Antarctica since space satellite records began being kept in the 1970s.
Description: Largest desert on earth (ice, not sand). Frozen desert paradox (confusing). McMurdo Dry Valleys (Mars-like). Diamond dust sky (sparkly). 2cm precipitation flex (barely wet). Polar desert soul (cold). Ice shelf citadel (giant). No permanent humans (just scientists). Extremophile life (tough microbes). Albedo guardian (cooling).
Guillermo Del Toro's Mountains of Madness (Yellow) Shorts
by The Unseen Peril
$21 $27
Description: A stylized depiction featuring a penguin centered in front of a compass rose overlaid on a white outline of Antarctica. The design is simple and uses a limited color palette of black, white, and light grey on a black background. Text includes 'N', 'S', 'E', and 'W' from the compass.
Description: Antarctica - Little America was a series of Antarctic exploration bases from 1929 to 1958, located on the Ross Ice Shelf, south of the Bay of Whales. They were built on ice that moves very slowly; the relative location on the ice sheet has moved and eventually breaks off into an iceberg. The geographic location has new ice that has shifted to this location and is technically over the open water.
Description: A stylized half-penguin portrait. The background is split into black and light gray geometric shapes that mirror the penguin's coloring. Below the penguin, an orange band displays text in bold black lettering: "ANTARCTICA", "NEW ZEALAND" in white, and "SCOTT BASE". The New Zealand flag is positioned to the lower right.
