Boardgame: Rob Davia & Miguel Coimbra: Mountains of Madness (Iello, 2017) Based on the classic Antarctic H.P. Lovecraft novella At the Mountains of Madness, Mountains of Madness is a co-operative boardgame about an expedition seeking to uncover strange remnants and other relics from the titular mountain while avoiding injuries and Continue Reading
Antarctica
Research Blog Antarctica #167 – Hulluuden vuorilla
Play: Aarne Linden: Hulluuden vuorilla (Tikkurilan teatteri, 2018) Hulluuden vuorilla (At the Mountains of Madness) is a play based on the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name, dramatized and directed by Aarne Linden. It consists of a single scene in which the organizers of a new Antarctic expedition hear Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #166 – Kohteena Etelämanner
Discussion panel: University of Helsinki: Kohteena Etelämanner (Focus on Antarctica), 2018 Kohteena Etelämanner (Focus on Antarctica) is a public discussion held by the University of Helsinki on 27.8.2018. It’s also available as a video recording on the university website. In the discussion, three Finnish scientists who have worked at the Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #165 – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Musical: Lisa Peterson: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (U.S.A. 2017) Ernest Shackleton Loves Me is a New York musical about a Brooklyn single mother and Ernest Shackleton’s Transantarctic journey. I didn’t see it live; a recording appeared on YLE Areena, where it will be for two more weeks. In the story, Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #164 – The Winter Over
Fiction: Matthew Iden: The Winter Over (Thomas & Mercer, 2017) At first glance, The Winter Over by Matthew Iden falls into the familiar category of Antarctic thrillers where manly men face the travails of human weakness and the unforgiving environment. And indeed, superficially the book seems to have some of Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #163 – Frozen Solid
Fiction: James M. Tabor: Frozen Solid (2013, Ballantine Books) There’s a lot of thrillers set in Antarctica, but James M. Tabor’s Frozen Solid is better than most, at least within the confines of the genre. Protagonist Hallie Leland arrives at the Amundsen Scott Station at the South Pole only to Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #162 – Terre Mécanique: Antarctica
Comic book: Jean Baptiste Andréae & Patrick Fitou: Terre Mécanique: Antarctica (Casterman, 2004) Antarctica is the second volume in the three-part series Terre Mécanique. The first volume is set on a ship where a permanent post-apocalyptic party goes on as it sails across endless ocean. The rhinoceros Fileon and a Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #161 – Quick Before It Melts (the movie)
Film: Delbert Mann: Quick Before It Melts (U.S.A. 1964) This is the film adaptation of the novel Quick, Before It Melts. It’s a comedy about an American reporter sent to the Antarctic to find stories about oil, gold or Russian perfidy. Much of the story is built around the sexual Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #160 – Antarctic Edge: 70 South
Documentary: Dena Seidel: Antarctic Edge: 70 South (U.S.A. 2015) This is a documentary about marine life in the Southern Ocean and the work of scientists on ships and islands on the Antarctic coast. Underlying the narrative is the effect of global warming on all aspects of Antarctic life, from krill Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #159 – the Icebreaker
Film: Nikolay Khomeriki: The Icebreaker (Russia, 2016) The Icebreaker is a movie about a Russian ship picking up scientists from Antarctica. As it leaves the continent, it becomes mired in the ice in the Ross Sea. Tensions arise as the captain is replaced by the Soviet government and the crew Continue Reading