Kat Long

An illustration of an Inuit man in a fur parka imposed on a blue-green map with a compass rose at the top, with text saying "An Elizabethan Artist in the Arctic: Before John White led the Lost Colony of Roanoke, he painted the first detailed images of Arctic people that Europeans had ever seen. Plus: Scoresby book research and polar news. Arctic Archives. Katlong.Substack.com"

John White is known as the governor of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill-fated settlement in America.

But before that, White showed Europeans their first paintings of Arctic people.

Who was John White—and how did he end up in the Arctic?

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Thank you so much for sharing these! Your posts about your finds in the Scoresby archive are fascinating. I can’t help but wonder if that wallpaper was left over from building his villa in Torquay! 🐋

OH MY GOD ALYSA WON GOLD!! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Kat you’re not actually competing in the Olympics remember

I can’t handle this pressure

Oh god its so close

Love Kaori tho

Kaori Sakamoto left a lot of points on the table

CRUSHED IT!

Aaaaaaaaahhhhh that was so gooooood!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Go Alysa!!!

Deep breaths Kat

Ok she’s in first with 3 skaters left and now Alysa Liu !!

Oooh it’s gonna be close whether Monae Chiba ekes it out for first place

Amber Glenn still properly in 1st place but here come the three Japanese powerhouses

Which means that if you miss landing it, you’ve got nothing else to offer

The Russian style seems a lot less artistic than it used to be and just laser focused on ladies doing quads

Ah ha I was right! Now up, the Russian lady whom no one has heard of because Russia is banned from the Olympics 🤔

Nice performance from Anastasia Gubanova but I don’t think it’s enough for first place

Oops and 🇬🇪

Final group! ⛸️🇺🇸🇯🇵 and let’s face it 🇷🇺

Ugh I love Isabeau Levito’s skating so much and she falls so rarely, bummer that the long program wasn’t completely clean

Wait, routines set to the music from Jaws AND Sunset Boulevard in one figure skating competition?! YES PLEASE

Aaahh that was so good except for that one landing! She should definitely feel vindicated

Come on Amber Glenn! I love this long program

a man in a boat is looking at a shark in the ocean and says yeah . ALT: a man in a boat is looking at a shark in the ocean and says yeah .

Bruce would be so proud

So glad Lara Naki Gutmann qualified for the long program so we can see her Jaws routine again 🦈

Ladies long program medal round let’s gooooo ⛸️

Oh my god, I cannot believe this, holy shit

I’m in shock, this is Nathan Chen 2018 situation