"low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”
This is the advertisement (supposedly placed over 100 years ago) by Sir Ernest Shackleton to find participants for his Nimrod Antarctica expedition in 1907 - when ships were made of wood and men of steel. The first of 3 expeditions.
Microplastics. We've found them in the Arctic sea and even frozen into the ice. The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of all our oceans,...
With modern solutions such as air-con aggravating the problem, ancient heat-management techniques can offer answers. On this year’s...
Democracy is in trouble, despite popular uprisings and dynamic social movements in Lebanon, Hong Kong and across Europe and Latin...
