Plenty of Nothing

Snowshoer, 1930s

Traces

Fritz Freund, "Die Schneeballschlacht"

A Statue's Lot Is Not a Happy One

No Room at the Chateau

Steady, Arabella!

The onset of cold weather has started the clock on the snow watch.  Here is a nice collection of vintage snowshoe paintings and photos.

Trifecta of Sorts

When I bought Whiteout I knew that it would fit into two sets of (book and mental) collections--Antarctica and comics--but the whole DTOWF connection was a hoot out loud surprise.

(Apparently Kate Beckinsale plays Carrie in the upcoming movie version. Strikes me as odd casting.)

There's a nice MA thesis waiting for someone out there who looks at the tendency of fictions set in Antarctica to focus on murder. (Preliminary bibliography here.)

Heather

Baked Alaska

More Snow

We're now at 411 cm for this winter, 33 cm short of the record set in 1970-71.

House, Snow