Pennell and Atkinson in The Atavist Magazine

Building off research I originally posted on this blog, I’ve made my longreads debut in The Atavist Magazine with the 12,500 word story of Pennell and Atkinson’s relationship.

You can read it here. Enjoy the gorgeous illustrations by Eoin Ryan!

If you’d like to share the story on social media, please repost my original posts from X and Bsky 🙂

I’ve also included a reference list/bibliography below since the magazine’s format didn’t allow one to be included in the article itself.

Bibliography & References

Books & Articles

From Ice Floes to Battlefields, Anne Strathie

Cherry, Sara Wheeler

The Worst Journey In The World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Last Great Quest, Max Jones

A First Rate Tragedy, Diana Preston

South With Scott, Edward R.G.R. Evans

With Scott: The Silver Lining, T. Griffith Taylor

Scott’s Last Expedition, R. F. Scott

Silas: The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles S. Wright, ed. Colin Bull

The Quiet Land: The Diaries of Frank Debenham, ed. June Debenham Back

“Surgeon-Captain E. L. Atkinson, DSO, AM, RN” by Adrienne Reynolds (in Forest School 1834-1984, 1984)

“Edward Leicester Atkinson: Physician, Parasitologist, and Adventurer” by William C. Campbell (The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1991)

“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” by Chris Turney (Polar Record, 2017)

Manuscript Sources

• Canterbury Museum, New Zealand
  • Manuscript: Harry Pennell Private Diary 1905-09 (MS 433/1)
  • Manuscript: Harry Pennell Private Diary 1909-14 (MS 433/2)
  • Manuscript: Harry Pennell Official Diary 1911-12 (MS107)
  • Letters: Harry Pennell to James Dennistoun, 1913 (2016.1.180-81)
  • Letters: E.L. Atkinson to Frankie Davies, 1913-16 (2023.4.10-23)
• Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood Auctioneers
  • Letters: Harry Pennell to Frankie Davies, 1913-16
• National Library of New Zealand (Alexander Turnbull Library)
  • Letters: Oriana Wilson to the Kinseys, 1913 (NLNZ MS Papers 0022-43)
  • Letters: Constance Souper to Mrs. Kinsey, 1913 (NLNZ MS Papers 0022-44)
  • Letters: Harry Pennell to Mrs. Kinsey, 1913-15 (NLNZ MS Papers 0022-46)
  • Letters: E. L. Atkinson to Mrs. Kinsey, 1913-16 (NLNZ MS Papers 0022-41)
• Royal Geographical Society, UK
  • Letters: Harry Pennell, Oriana Wilson, E.L. Atkinson in collection HLP (1910-18)
• Scott Polar Research Institute, UK
  • Letters: E. L. Atkinson to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1913-28 (MS 559/24/1-49;D)
  • Letters: E.L. Atkinson to Kathleen Scott, 1913-15 (MS 1453/46/1-12;D)
  • Letters: Denis G. Lillie to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1914-18 (MS 559/86/1-21;D)
  • Letters: Harry Pennell to Kathleen Scott, 1913-15 (MS 1453/146/1-7;D)
  • Letters: Catherine Lady Nicholson to Apsley Cherry-Garrard (MS 559/97/1-2;D)
• National Archives, UK
  • Harry Lewin Lee Pennell Service Record 1898-1916
• Pennsylvania State University, PA
  • Letters: Pennell & Oriana to Pennell’s mother, 1905-1912 (MS 1969-0024R)