South Polar Times (laphamsquarterly.org)

The piece describes how Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton created The South Polar Times, Antarctica’s only magazine, aboard the Discovery in 1902 as a morale tool during months of darkness. With one hand-produced copy per issue shared among a small group, it drew contributions from officers and sailors under pseudonyms and blended science, humor, poetry, and illustrated features. The article also recounts how the magazine expanded with a short-lived rival (The Blizzard), and how it was later revived on Scott’s Terra Nova expedition.