Kristin Wilson<p>"What a splendid place for growing spuds!” 🥔 </p><p>That's what William Lashly exclaimed when he, Edgar Evans, and Robert Falcon Scott discovered Antarctica's Dry Valleys in 1903, on the way back from reconnoitering the polar plateau.</p><p>A lot has changed in the past 120 years. Mostly to do with a lot more people.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ScienceStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceStudies</span></a> </p><p>🎨 Jean Donaldson</p>