WAR PENGUIN / EPISODE 033

The
Society.

01 / 07

Hawthorne assigns the expedition a military escort in his established office.

Hawthorne

The Royal Geographical Society wants a military escort to the South Pole.

02 / 07

Kendrick explains the Society’s request with a straight face.

Kendrick

They asked for W.P. specifically. They assume he knows the area.

03 / 07

Sir Hubert Gale addresses the Society beside an Antarctic coastline-only map; War Penguin sits on stage.

Sir Hubert Gale

Gentlemen, the interior of this continent is entirely uncharted.

04 / 07

Gale confidently sweeps his pointer across the uncharted interior.

Sir Hubert Gale

Three years of hardship, and we may chart a quarter of it.

05 / 07

Silent: War Penguin’s chair is empty. Gale continues his lecture, unaware.

06 / 07

Next morning. Gale arrives reading provision notes, before looking at the map.

Sir Hubert Gale

Now, as to provisions...

07 / 07

Silent: the entire Antarctic map is charted and labelled, with 90 large purple-black standing-penguin rubber-stamp impressions. War Penguin sits in his chair; Gale’s pointer droops.