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Russian rescue expedition to Bennett island

01.04.202201.04.2022 Lucienne 394 Views 5 min read

n 1900-1902, Eduard Baron von Toll, a Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer, headed an expedition of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to the New Siberian Islands, the Russian Polar Expedition on Zarya. Zarya was a Norwegian schooner with…

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Destinations History 

The Mystery of Easter Island

03.01.202203.01.2022 Lucienne 372 Views 6 min read

Easter Island or Rapa Nui in Polynesian, or Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is one of the most isolated places in the world, with its closest landmass about 4000 kilometers away. The island’s topography is characterized by windswept rolling hills, punctured by the occasional volcanic…

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History 

The Lady in the Ice: Jeannette Expedition

27.12.202127.12.2021 Lucienne 488 Views 5 min read

The first USS Jeannette, a bark-rigged wooden steamship, was originally HMS Pandora, a Philomel-class gun-vessel of the Royal Naval force. The ship was built in 1861 at Pembroke Dockyard and was acquired in 1875 by Sir Allen Young for his arctic voyages in 1875-1876. The vessel was…

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History 

The Norse of Greenland: end of saga

02.12.202107.12.2023 Lucienne 409 Views 6 min read

Despite its name, Greenland in fact is almost 80 square meters covered with snow. It was Erik Thorvaldsson or better known as Erik the Red — a Viking leader – who coined the name Greenland, according to The Saga of Erik the Red, because he thought that «people would be attracted to go…

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History 

Pomors, the brave pioneers of the Arctic

01.12.202101.12.2021 Lucienne 477 Views 6 min read

“The sea is our field” is a popular old saying among a group of northern Russians who became known as Pomors. This saying captures the identity expressed in this far northern extreme of Russian settlement. Russian identity is traditionally linked to cereal agriculture and to steppe landscapes. The term Pomors …

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History 

The last expedition of E.V. Toll: in search of a legendary land

01.12.202101.12.2021 Lucienne 502 Views 6 min read

Sannikov Land was one of the greatest myths of Arctic geography and remaining fascinating to this day. Yakov Sannikov was the first one to report the island’s existence in 1810. Sannikov was …

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Blue Planet History 

Jacques Mayol, hero of the blue

30.11.202130.11.2021 Lucienne 585 Views 6 min read

Long ago, the ocean was prohibited territory. Freediving puts public into a state where all of a sudden people realize how important and crucial it is to save it, be a part of it and not destroy it. That was the elemental message the movie “Dolphin Man” was trying to deliver. Nearly three years …

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Blue Planet History 

«Rainbow Warrior», the Messenger of the Sea

27.11.202123.12.2021 Lucienne 396 Views 7 min read

Pete Willcox was shocked beyond measure; he heard a loud bang while he was fast asleep on the deck of his ship. Everything was suddenly pitch black and metal fragments were scattered everywhere. Willcox immediately got up to find the cause of the loud sound. He assumed the sound…

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History 

Captain Joshua Slocum, a maritime legend.

03.11.202103.11.2021 Lucienne 528 Views 7 min read

Over a century ago in Fairhaven, Joshua Slocum set sail for the first time from the American city of Boston, Massachusetts, and succeeded in what many before and after him dreamed of, sailing around the…

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Finding North-West Passage, The Last Voyage Of Henry Hudson

06.10.202106.11.2021 Lucienne 552 Views 7 min read

It has been 400 years since English explorer Henry Hudson mapped the northeast coast of North America, contributing significantly to our understanding of the northeastern waterways geography.   In his honor, several bodies of water that he navigated now bear his name: Hudson Bay, the Hudson River, and Hudson Strait, yet what…

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History 

FRANKLIN’S LOST EXPEDITION, ONE GREAT MYSTERY OF EXPLORATION.

28.09.202115.12.2023 Lucienne 424 Views 6 min read

A COMMANDER DESTINED FOR NAVAL SERVICE.
John Franklin was born in Spilsby, a village in the English county of Lincolnshire, in 1786. By marriage, he was a step-cousin of Royal Navy captain Matthew Flinders, who inspired Franklin to join its ranks when he was only 14. Franklin circumnavigated Australia with Flinders in …

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