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:...
The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies is located on Hobart’s landmark waterfront. This dynamic and international global research center is taking on a larger public role. The Institute brings together key scientific researchers from several leading...