“Ah, for just one time, I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea…”
– Stan Rogers, Northwest Passage, 1981
Header image by Hurkxion
18 August 2025
USS Archer
Mars burned. Through every window Erin Walsh passed by in her mad sprint, the Red Planet was ablaze, its ice caps sloughing away, atmosphere whirling with flames and smoke. Explosions blossomed through the gaps in the firestorm, and Valles Marineris burned like a jagged, taunting grin in the [...]
15 August 2025
USS Archer
Mitchell’s Olde Towne Tavern looked exactly how it sounded- bleached wood sidings, giant windows, a sharply peaked roof, a great big wooden sign on a post, creaking in the sharp sea breeze blowing in from the bay. It really wasn’t that chilly at all today, but considering landside [...]