exploration
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Shipwreck From Historic Shackleton Expedition Found After 107 Years
An international expedition has finally found the wreck of Endurance, a British ship that got hopelessly stuck in the dense ice pack and sank in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915.
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For the First Time, Archaeologists Identify Sailor From Doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition
A genetic and genealogical analysis has allowed a team of archaeologists to identify the skeletal remains of a sailor who died during the ill-fated Franklin Expedition to map the Northwest Passage in 1845.
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Ad Astra’s Existential Crisis Got Me Playing Destiny Again?
A strange thing happened to me after I walked out of James Grey’s Dad Issues (in Spaaaaaaaace) saga, Ad Astra — something I’ve not even remotely thought about doing for near enough a year. I sat at my PS4, thoughts about the film still jangling around in my head in process, and I booted up…
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Scientists Discover Mysterious Purple Blob At The Bottom Of The Ocean
We’re not saying it’s aliens, but a team of scientists has just discovered a glowing purple orb at the bottom of the ocean, and if you’ve ever seen The Abyss, I think you know how this will end.