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Archive Reference: BTS-TUN-JRN-008 Archivist Note: After locating the following in the back of another journal I’m confident these are the next entries of Uncle Bertie’s journal, following on his expedition on Tuntuket Island. After squeezing through a very narrow passage I’ve made it to another, much larger chamber; and unlike the previous room this is…
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Archivist’s Note: The following pages follow Uncle Bertie through the thicket and into the cave. Visible blood stains on a few pages indicate an injury he must have injured whilst traversing through the thicket – they appear to be from his hands and partial thumb/finger prints. Archive Reference: BTS-TUN-JRN-005 Well, that was not as easy…
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Archivist Note: What follows are the recovered journal entries and images from Uncle Bertie’s first morning on Tuntuket Island. Archive Reference: BTS-TUN-JRN-003 Awakened early by the warming glow of sunrise, I packed my satchel, leaving non-essentials at base camp. Now to have some breakfast, part ways (for now) with George and set off North along the…
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Archivist Note: What follows are the first recovered legible journal entries from Uncle Bertie’s expedition to Tuntuket Island. Archive Reference: BTS-TUN-JRN-001 What a glorious experience to be onboard the Happy Bird, a small seaplane adorned with photos and memoirs of its previous passengers. George, the pilot of this small but mighty beast is a pleasant…
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This site exists because of a childhood memory of my great uncle Bertie; how he would write to me with such curious letters of his adventures. Never knowing when the next letter would arrive, I would often sit on the bottom step of the stairs on a Saturday morning, staring at the letter box and…
The adventures of uncle bertie 