Ben Markham

Coming back to this post for Antarctica Day 🇦🇶

My favourite in that outdoor display is the Aurigney craft 🇬🇬

It is a very impressive building 🇧🇪

Such a cool photo: crew of the Belgian expedition ship Belgica trying to cut a route through Antarctica (1897-99). The Belgian Antarctic expedition is considered the first expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

King Albert I of the Belgians on the beach of De Panne, the only bit of Belgium that was not occupied during #WWI

Pardon my ignorance, is this seen as a positive/popular move in Belgium?

Absolutely loved this series 🇩🇰

I, too, like history. Plus, mine serves as a useful reminder of my own name should I forget it 👍

The Northern Limit: Britain, Canada and Greenland, 1917-20

At the end of the First World War, British and Canadian politicians contemplated their own #Greenland grab - as my 2018 article in ‘The Historian’ outlines 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇬🇱 #history #empire #firstworldwar

I went to this exhibition a couple of weeks ago, it is excellent!

Arctic aspirations: Britain and Icelandic independence, 1917–18

In Dec 1918, Denmark and Iceland divided into two kingdoms, bound in personal union. My 2023 article in “The Historian” discusses how the change had Britain contemplating the future of its own Arctic policy. 🇩🇰🇮🇸🇬🇧 #firstworldwar #arctichistory

Frozen Plans: A British Empire in the Arctic? The latter stages of the First World War and its immediate aftermath saw the focus of some policy-makers shift to the question of changing

Did you know Britain once dreamed of an Arctic empire? Ben Markham delves into the history of British exploration and colonisation attempts in the frozen north.
#history #skystorians #WW1 #Britishhistory