Slightly late to the party, I’ve just finished watching the BBC’s The Terror. I loved it! Before that I’d watched The North Water which was also great. Despite having now had my full quota of seal butchery and cannibalism, I loved learning about how the poles were first explored (by non natives).
I did a bit more reading on it all and it inspired me to draw James Clark Ross. He had successfully taken HMS Terror to explore both the North and South Poles before it’s doomed expedition to the Northwest Passage. Ross was sent on one of the search expeditions to find the lost ships Terror and Erebus. Ross has several things named after him including an island, a moon crater and a seal with disproportionately large eyes. Cool!
Jame Clark Ross: “the handsomest man in the navy”
Had to draw some Ross seals. They are both weird to look at and very cute. I cracked open some wax pastels which I’ve never used before and it was fun!
Sketch: a view through a telescope
Playing around with ink on tracing paper and colouring on the back with wax pastels