I used my some of my time over the break to reconnect with The Daily Create. I wrote a few poems, posted some photos and found myself somewhat obsessed with Robert Falcon Scott, the tragic Antarctic explorer. Maybe it’s the Polar Vortex.

In response to the New Year’s Day assignment, I wrote Scott’s new year’s resolution for January 1912, which was to reach the South Pole first and claim glory for England. He and his team were already on their way to the South Pole, unaware that Roald Amundsen had beaten them by nearly a month.

Then, I decided to try out my first historical selfie:

The tent in the back is the one left by Amundsen.

In doing some research, I discovered Scott and his crew made their own group selfie the day they reached the South Pole. They did so by attaching a string to the camera shutter: