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Jim Burrowes and ‘Dixie’ Lee, last of Australia’s secretive Second World War coastwatchers –...
Daily Telegraph· 16 hours agoIn the 1970s he hand-built a 30ft wooden ketch, but gave her up after forever chasing leaks...
Announcements - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoTHE Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for 1936 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific has been awarded to Prof. A. O. Leuschner, professor of astronomy ...
Halley's Chart of Magnetic Declinations - Nature
Nature· 11 hours agoWITHIN the last few days I have come into possession of another early map showing Halley's lines. The date of this map is 1725, and it was published by John Senex, F.R.S. It is entitled “A Map ...
Australia pledges more funds for Pacific banking amid China interest
Reuters· 7 days agoAustralia on Tuesday pledged to boost investment in Pacific Island countries to support their...
United States Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoTHE announcement that the U.S. Fish Commission steamer, Albatross, would shortly be despatched on an exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean, has already ...
Notes - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoThree years later he was appointed as a midshipman in an expedition fitted out for a voyage of exploration and survey in the Pacific Ocean. He served for ...
Scientific Serials - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoThe marine turtles of the Fort Pierre Cretaceous of South Dakota not only represent the most gigantic species known, but also are of much importance as including undoubted descendants of Protostega ...
Transpacific Longitudes - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoDURING the year 1903 Canada extended the longitude work, carried from Greenwich to Vancouver, across the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. This was ...
In Peru, remains of wealthy pre-Inca people unearthed at ancient capital
Reuters· 7 days agoArchaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the...
Tell us: What's your California wilderness survival story?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSammy Potter of Maine rubs his feet inside his one-man tent after a day of hiking 25 plus miles with...
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