The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) belongs to the family Balaenidae, grows up to 18 meters long and lives exclusively in Arctic waters. It can reach an age of over 200 years. The bowhead whale has a layer of fat up to 70 cm thick, which protects it from the icy...
A leopard seal normally found in Antarctica has turned up in Lyall Bay. (Photo: Bradley Garner) A leopard seal normally living in Antarctica has turned up at Lyall Bay in Wellington, on New Zealand’s North Island. The seal, which normally inhabits the Antarctic...
William Baffin was born in 1584, nothing is known about the place and date. Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. He is best known for his attempt to discover a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, becoming the first European to discover Baffin...
The community of Sanirajak has a population of 850 and was formerly known as Hall Beach. (Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons) Outside the community of Sanirajak (Nunavut), formerly known as Hall Beach, a polar bear attacked three people on Tuesday,...
The “Sevmorput” is the last nuclear-powered cargo ship in the world. It was built from 1983 to 1988 as a special nuclear-powered cargo ship with reinforced hull and icebreaking capabilities by the Saliv shipyard in Kerch, the former Soviet Union. (Photo:...
