Framheim, 1912
It is here we kept the whales at bay,Here we built a home not a hut,Hung and painted and decorated itWith memory and a little hope. Around it we dug… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
It is here we kept the whales at bay,Here we built a home not a hut,Hung and painted and decorated itWith memory and a little hope. Around it we dug… Continue Reading
We plant our flag into the frozenTip of the planet, a failed gestureBecause someone else was here first. We try to seem hopeful not weary,Successful not beaten, but the picturesWon’t… Continue Reading
This is not what I had dreamt of.My childhood’s goal is half a worldAway, at the top of the globe, north.But it was stolen from me, andI needed to succeed…. Continue Reading
Last week, last Thursday to be precise, I had one of those days which will remain in the memory for a long time. A day to evoke a variety of… Continue Reading
13:20Sitting on Cape Evans shore about 500 m northeast of Hut. The other two have gone on to the Hut. I can still hear their voices. Sounds travel far here…. Continue Reading
Robert Falcon Scott and his party of thirty landed at Cape Evans on Ross Island on the 4th of January 1911. To mark this centenary, I am posting a poem… Continue Reading