In July 2017, we posted about the calving of a massive iceberg from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice-shelf. The iceberg, which would be designated as A68a, is the world’s biggest iceberg, weighing roughly one trillion tons and measuring 4,200 sq km, or almost the size of the state of Delaware.
At first, A68a stayed more or less stationary, temporarily aground close to the ice-shelf. In July, it broke free and started to drift. There is now a real concern that A68a is on a collision course with the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia. The massive berg is roughly the same length as South Georgia island itself. There is now a strong possibility that the berg could ground and anchor itself offshore of the wildlife haven. If that happens, it poses a grave threat to local penguins and seals.
A commuter train car careened off the end of elevated train tracks yesterday near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was saved from plunging more than 30 feet to the ground when it landed on the sculpture of a whale’s tail. It was indeed a fluke.
The fishermen knew. They told stories of swordfish using their eponymous swords to stab sharks and other large fish and mammals. Scientists, however, were skeptical. Recently, however, more than six dead sharks have washed up around the Mediterranean, all apparently stabbed, usually in the head, by swordfish.
Boaters were recently surprised to find a man working in a fully outfitted office on a raft anchored in New York’s East River. The office was the brainchild of 
On Halloween, it seems appropriate to look at the legend of the 
On October 29, 1815, 205 years ago yesterday, the 
You might call it yodeling for Covid. Following a 
The Greek Navy minesweeper 
Seven people were detained after British special forces stormed the Liberian registered tanker, 
Back in 2013, we posted about a 
On the eve of the first day of early voting in New York, an exquisite mix of music and the sound of merriment rose from the murky waters of the Gowanus Canal as the 
The story of the New York Marine Hospital in Staten Island—known simply as “the Quarantine,” seems very timely. It was the firey center of what became known as the 
The pandemic has taken a toll on even those of us who remained untouched by the virus. In a trivial example, for me, it was a haircut. After five months without a haircut, I was feeling very shaggy when the barbershops finally reopened.
Two hundred and fifteen years ago today, in 1805, the Royal Navy, commanded by 
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Australia’s only home-built icebreaker will soon leave their shores. The icebreaker