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Kat Long

@katlong.bsky.social

Freelance science journalist, 19th-century Arctic enthusiast, biographer of polar explorer William Scoresby, Jr. Uncover fascinating stories in the history of Arctic science and exploration in my newsletter Arctic Archives: https://katlong.substack.com/

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Dr. Michelle I. Turner@chaco-arch.bsky.social · 2w ago

The regulations that give teeth to the National Historic Preservation Act are about to get wiped out. "Section 106" is what requires pipelines and roads to get checked for impact on archaeology. It's also the basis for federal consultation with Tribes on projects. And it's getting DOGEd this week.

Lisa Reyna Loe@lisaloe.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨ACHP is rushing a Section 106 vote THIS FRIDAY that will eliminate regulations, further devastating historical protections. Section 106 is what allows US to document our history in areas endangered by actions funded/permitted by our federal govt. Contact ACHP👇🏽 ASAP — vote NO! (cont.)

Please contact Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Vote NO on Section 106 changes! Address: 401 F Street NW, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 517-0200 Email: achp@achp.gov Press Inquiries: Lynne Richmond, Communications Officer Lrichmond@achp.gov 202-517-1484 Social Media: Facebook Twitter (@usachp) Instagram YouTube LinkedIn
max koss 🦩@maxkoss.com · last mo.

The nice things about books: once you own them, you own them, forever. No one will be eye tracking your reading habits. No one will make money of you reading the book as many times as you'd like. And the very same book can be read by generations to come. It can last centuries, literally. It's great.

Kat Long@katlong.bsky.social · last mo.

Between the recent heatwave and my post-surgery convalescence, I've been spending a lot of time indoors lately. Here are the #Arctic and non-Arctic books, podcasts and more that have had me dreaming of cooler climes. ❄️ (Also, subscribe for free to my monthly newsletter, Arctic Archives! 👇)

Armchair Adventurer; or, The Recluse in the Recliner

Arctic and other books, shows and more that kept me entertained during my recent convalescence. Plus: new Polar Intelligence.

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Kat Long@katlong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey, do you live in Maryland, aka the best state in the union 🦀? @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bannermoco.bsky.social put together an amazingly thorough, easy-to-understand voters’ guide that just helped me fill out the most informed primary ballot of my life. Get your questions answered!👇

Voter Guide 2026

Voters in Maryland will decide the state’s next governor and vote in congressional races as well as in local and state races, including contests for county executive, county councils, the General Asse...

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Kat Long@katlong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In 1808, a globster washed up in the Orkney Islands. Was it the great Arctic sea-worm, described by #Greenland explorers a century earlier, in the flesh? Answering that question proved harder than Edinburgh's and London's top scientists expected. Discover why in the latest #Arctic Archives: ❄️🧪

“The Great Sea-Worm”: Why the Stronsay Beast Baffled Britain’s Best Scientists

When a mysterious globster washed up on a Scottish beach in 1808, some thought it was proof of a legendary Arctic monster. Plus: whaling history and more Polar Intelligence.

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Kat Long@katlong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just mentioning that the woman on the book’s cover is Josephine Diebitsch Peary, wife of Robert E. Peary, one of the exceptionally few explorers’ wives who actually joined their husbands’ expeditions

Derbyshire Record Office@derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On this day in 1847 explorer #SirJohnFranklin died. Much is written of the fate of Franklin and his crew, but what of the women who supported him? This #LocalStudies book gives a voice to his wives, Eleanor Porden and Jane Griffin, and also features the women behind other polar explorers.

Front cover of this softback book shows a close up section of a sepia coloured photograph of the Victorian female arctic explorer Jo Peary, dressed a hooded fur coat which was the arctic clothing of the time. Overlaid on this image is the title of the book in burgundy lettering 'Heart of a Hero, the remarkable women who inspired the great polar explorers', by Kari Herbert.
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Well, it’s Pride month, so let’s celebrate the 195th anniversary of the birth of Amelia Edwards, ghost story writer, poet, novelist, pioneering traveller, Egyptologist, campaigner for the preservation of ancient stuff, and someone who “formed emotional attachments almost uniquely with women” 🧵

b/w head and shoulders shot of a woman looking off to the left of the image. Her hair is drawn back and up, and tied at the back of her head. She looks thoughtful
Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The oldest hominin footprints ever found are at risk of destruction, researchers warn www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... "A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites..."

The oldest hominin footprints ever found are at risk of destruction, researchers warn

A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites they were supposed to protect

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Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is the 91st anniversary of the last diary entry of the first man who tried to climb Everest solo. Mind you, his plan had been to crash land a plane 14,000 feet up and then stroll the rest of the way, so perhaps he wasn’t destined to succeed 🧵

b/w photo of Maurice Wilson standing up in the cockpit of a small old aeroplane, in front of a hangar, waving at the camera
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If it’s 25 May, it must be the 167th anniversary of Francis Leopold McClintock finding a skeleton in the Arctic. He was looking for an earlier explorer, Sir John Franklin, who was, by this stage, unlikely to be alive, given that he’d been missing for 14 years 🧵

Excerpt from The voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic seas: A narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions, by Francis Leopold McClintock, 1859: Shortly after midnight of the 25th May, when slowly walking along a gravel ridge near the beach, which the winds kept partially bare of snow, I came upon a human skeleton, partly exposed, with here and there a few fragments of clothing appearing through the snow. The skeleton – now perfectly bleached – was lying upon its face, the limbs and smaller bones either dissevered or gnawed away by small animals.
Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article.

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 3mo ago

At the risk of old-man-shakes-fist: When I was in j-school a million years ago, if you got any factual error wrong on an assignment — misspelled a name, didn’t get quote exactly right, said the wrong time — you got an F on the whole assignment. Harsh, but made you understand accuracy was EVERYTHING

ultima thule@thethousandthpart.com · 3mo ago

An old favourite reminder that with historical handwriting, beautiful does not equal readable. James Clark Ross, everyone! (It would still totally make for a stunning silk scarf design)

A square image of a cross-written section from a letter by James Clark Ross to Edward Sabine, with the original colours changed to gold on black background to emphasise the meticulous, flowing lines.