What Is An Inukshuk?

by Lindsay Shapka in ,


Meaning “in the likeness of a human” in the Inuit language, these mysterious stone figures are found throughout the circumpolar world (and often on hiking trails in the Canadian Rocky Mountains) and are the oldest, and most important, objects placed by humans upon the vast Arctic landscape.

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Exploring The Interior Of A WWII Submarine at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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On December 7, 1941 more than 350 Japanese ships attacked Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, the home of the US Pacific Fleet.

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Exploring The Empire of Death: Your Guide to The Paris Catacombs

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After taking 130 spiraling steps 20 meters below the streets of Paris, I found myself on the verge of my very first panic attack.

I had never felt the fear of claustrophobia before, but I was pretty sure that it was the reason why I couldn’t catch my breath.

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The Plaster Ghosts of Pompeii

by Lindsay Shapka in ,


​On the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, the sun disappeared behind a thick column of black smoke and the pristine blue of the Amalfi sky was clouded with ash.

A series of pyroclastic surges — low, fast-moving waves of hot, lethal gases and ash — covered Pompeii, instantly killing its remaining citizens that had not escaped the city in time.

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