Author Archives: Department of Historical Research & Taxonomical Classificati
The Biscuit That Outlasted Everyone It Was Meant To Feed
On the hardtack left at Port Leopold in 1849 for Sir John Franklin, who never [...]
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Apr
Apr
The Smile That Tells You Everything And The Photographs that Took Sixty Years To Arrive
On Neil Armstrong, the Gemini 8 emergency, Thruster Number Eight, and the specific quality of [...]
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Mar
Mar
The Man Who Could Not Stop Opening Doors That Were Locked
On the occasion of the 205th anniversary of the birth of Sir Richard Francis Burton: [...]
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Mar
Mar
The Race That Only One Man Finished, And The Very Different Reasons Eight Men Did Not
On Robin Knox-Johnston, the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and what happens when you [...]
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Mar
Mar
