Today I begin a short series on the great explorers of Antarctica with Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach both North and South Poles. This will continue on each Friday. PHOTO OF THE DAY: The Ro… more →
Green Icebergs - a look at the world from a different perspectiveurbesque wrote 1 week ago: - Lily Robert-Foley September 19, 1819. According to reports, two ships, the H.M.S. Hecla and H.M. … more →
thatsrightnate wrote 1 month ago: Because of our own election, people may have missed the parliamentary crisis in Canada. Their … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 1 month ago: The Northwest Passage is no longer a myth. The North Pole is freely navigable as of last week. … more →
JohnnyRook wrote 1 month ago: The data just keep pouring in (quite literally) on ice-melting around the world. Most people have fo … more →
corsullivan wrote 1 month ago: Stephen Harper has just concluded a trip to the Canadian north, during which he announced several … more →
eideard wrote 1 month ago: Canada’s prime minister has moved to firm up control of disputed Arctic waters by announcing … more →
themaritime wrote 1 month ago: The U.S. tanker MANHATTAN navigates the Northwest Passage in 1969, making it the first commercial sh … more →
worldmilitaryhistory wrote 1 month ago: Space: The Final Frontier Find the “Space: The Final Frontier” poster at The PatriAr … more →
Latteologist wrote 3 months ago: Anthony Watts has published some sattelite images of the Arctic ice which looks remarkably unemelted … more →
groovygreengirl wrote 3 months ago: So, I was boopin’ around on the web tonight. I plopped to my usual iGoogle home page and gaspe … more →
stuartandsally wrote 3 months ago: The Expedition Begins In 1804 a hopeful Thomas Jefferson sent Captains Meriwether Lewis and Willi … more →
abstraktbiblos wrote 5 months ago: Today I begin a short series on the great explorers of Antarctica with Roald Amundsen, the first per … more →
eyegillian wrote 5 months ago: Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for … more →
justinhahn wrote 6 months ago: 1. Inuits own the Northwest Passage – and all the presumed fossil fuels under it. 2. The Masai … more →
redstarcafe wrote 6 months ago: The only point of light in a vast stretch of the frozen Arctic Ocean dimmed slightly last night as t … more →
abstraktbiblos wrote 7 months ago: The Guardian has a story by Javier Solana that gives an outline of the report that will be presented … more →
bibliophylia wrote 7 months ago: I adore snow but living in the South, I don’t see a lot of it. However, if I ever get a wild … more →
paulmct wrote 9 months ago: For a while now, I’ve felt that the greatest threat to Canadian sovereignty could be summed up … more →
infomancie wrote 11 months ago: “We are afraid that the United States will take over Greenland if the Danes get out,” h … more →