Every now and then, something just grabs you. Two things did today.
Thanks to the info from Terry at http://www.sknitter.com – her link is on the right – I saw the newest Knitty edition. And on the cover is a gorgeous shawl, Shipwrecked.
The above click came just shortly after reading about a project that has been going on in England since 2007 – the digitizing of over 20,000 (you got it, 20,000!) photographs of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica from the 1840s to the 1920s. Not long ago I read the book, Endurance, which is about Shackelton’s wreck in the ice of Antarctica and how everyone returned alive after being stranded over a year. The current Time website has pictures of this project, as well a link to http://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/home/home, where pictures are posted.
There is something incredible about well-done black and white photos which has it all over most color photos. There is a sense of drama, as well as an ability to focus on the subject in the picture. No colors to distract, and so the eye finds shape, light, dark.
Such beauty!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Thanks for link to those amazing photos Naomi! Thanks also for the mention of sknitter.com.
I love that Shipwreck Shawl on Knitty too, but it is way beyond my patience level!
You are welcome! I cannot imagine living on a ship, in the ice, for months. I’ve seen some color pictures of the Arctic and Antarctica, too, and there is a spooky beauty there, too.