Stories
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Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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The far North : explorations in the Arctic regions / by Elisha Kent Kane.
Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.Date: 1886- Books
The polar world : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe / By G. Hartwig.
Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880.Date: 1892- Books
A journal of a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions in His Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, in the years 1819 and 1820 / By Alexander Fisher.
Fisher, Alexander, approximately 1790-1838.Date: 1821- Books
Manual of the natural history, geology, and physics of Greenland, and the neighboring regions : prepared for the use of the Arctic Expedition of 1875, under the direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society, for the use of the expedition. Published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Jones, T. Rupert (Thomas Rupert), 1819-1911.Date: 1875- Books
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Journal of a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions, performed between the 4th of April and the 18th of November, 1818, in His Majesty's ship Alexander, Wm. Edw. Parry, Esq. Lieut. and commander / by an officer of the Alexander.
Fisher, AlexanderDate: [1820?]