Antarctica Tapestries
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: The United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) has operated in Antarctica since 1959, sending teams of scientists down south every Austral Summer to discover new information about the frozen continent. My grandfather was one-such explorer, and he worked in Antarctica throughout the early years of the 1960s. One of the greatest gifts I ever received was his old exploration parka, emblazoned with the logo of the USARP. The logo speaks of adventure, danger and exploration in the most isolated part of the world. Whenever you don one these exploration-inspired pieces of clothing or write in your USARP-styled notebook, you can celebrate the endeavour and the ingenuity of the brave men and women who have made Antarctica their home.
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: A retro-style graphic featuring a large penguin in the center. Behind the penguin is a circular orange element and two grey rectangular shapes. Text below reads 'ANTARCTICA NEW ZEALAND SCOTT BASE' with the New Zealand flag on the right.
Penguin Antarctica New Zealand Scott Base Retro Circle Tapestry
by jn.anime
$23 $30
Description: Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship, originally named Polaris, was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway. After her commissioners could no longer pay the shipyard, the ship was bought by Shackleton in January 1914 for the expedition, which would be her first voyage. A year later, she became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. All of the crew survived her sinking and were eventually rescued in 1916 after using the ship's boats to travel to Elephant Island.
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.
