Time to advertise the Monday chapter, while praying that AO3 doesn’t go down again!

Beware: somewhat crude/spicy language below…

>Crowley knelt on the ice as Aziraphale untied his collar and unwound it from his neck.

>“*Stand*,” the siren smiled, extending a gallant hand.

>Crowley took it and let his angel pull him back to his feet.

>“I love you like I love the air I breathe, did you know that?” he said, hugging Aziraphale’s waist and looking up with besotted eyes.

>“Oh? But you seemed to be making such a valiant effort to stop yourself from breathing earlier…”

>“It was all pretend,” Crowley laughed. “Just like it is when you call me a cheap whore.”

>“It is indeed,” Aziraphale kissed him tenderly, “because you are the most precious thing in the world to me. I love you, darling.”

## [Continue reading on AO3](https://archiveofourown.org/works/74868666/chapters/211352056)
or go to the beginning of [*I have my ways of knowing*](https://archiveofourown.org/works/74868666)

- **Rating:** E
- **Total length:** 190k words (42% smut)
- **Publishing schedule:** MWF
- **Summary:**

>TL;DR: Crowley is a scientist. Aziraphale is a siren. The year is 1911, and the place is Antarctica. Also, there’s tons of kinky sex.

>The real-life Terra Nova Expedition, organised by the British Royal Navy, took place between 1910 and 1913 under the leadership of Captain Scott. His main goal was to win the race to the South Pole, but scientific research was a priority as well. Six of his men, collectively known as the Northern Party, spent most of 1911 on a remote beach that would turn out to be the world’s largest Adélie penguin rookery.

>In this story, Anthony J. Crowley (surgeon, zoologist, photographer) takes the place of Northern Party member George Murray Levick. I tried to stick as much as possible to the actual scientific facts and timeline of events, but some creative license did have to be taken.

>For example, there was no real-life monsterfucking at any point during the Terra Nova Expedition… as far as we know.

## Just a few things before I go:

- This is only the first part of my polar multiverse. I summarized the other seven stories in [this earlier post](https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodOmensAfterDark/comments/1p6p5xk/introducing_the_good_omens_polar_multiverse/).
- The doors of my [Discord server](https://discord.gg/pYH2W8RCAg) are open :)
- Eternal gratitude to my daily cheer beta (u/blackjeans93), chess betas (u/ineffablecrankshaft, u/CaptainSpirk13), former comprehensive betas (u/youryurigoddess, u/depraveddame), and current comprehensive betas (from chapter 40 onwards, u/scullyphile and u/ireallyneedmoretea). Your support has been and continues to be invaluable!




Chapter 45: Atonement