Great Explorers: Arctic
Arctic exploration has existed for millennia but gained renewed prominence following the onset of the Age of Discovery.
Read MoreArctic exploration has existed for millennia but gained renewed prominence following the onset of the Age of Discovery.
Read MoreBritain, France and Turkey were unlikely allies but they banded together against Imperial Russia, in the Crimean War in the mid 19th century.
Read MoreThe peninsula of “Crimea” was for years the Soviet Union’s favorite vacation destination—the only sunny warm beach climate they had.
Read MoreKherson is an industrial port, hard hit by the 2022 Russian invasion and before that economic woes.
Read MorePeople have long been fascinated with the look, colours and geological significance of this gemstone and the mysterious, earthly aura that it radiates. The prehistoric trade routes between Northern and Southern Europe were very much defined by the amber trade.
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