Numlock Sunday: Allegra Rosenberg on a romance at the bottom of the world

By Walt Hickey

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.

This week, I spoke to Allegra Rosenberg, who wrote From Antarctica with Love for Atavist Magazine.

I really loved this story, it wasn’t a perfect fit for the daily edition but it’s such a fascinating read, it reveals a relationship between two men who served on the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole. It’s based on some newly digitized diaries and historical data, and I just loved it.

Allegra can be found at her Substack and on Blue Sky at @tchotchke.

This interview has been condensed and edited.

Allegra, thank you so much for coming on.

Thank you so much for having me.

I am so excited to talk to you. You wrote a story that is just really magnificent. It’s called “From Antarctica with Love.” It was published in the Atavist Magazine. This thing is just magnificent. It is an amazing story that blends history and discovery. A lot of what you’re really interested in is the fan obsession with unheralded and misunderstood elements of histo…