Adolf Hitler used the concept of Lebensraum (“living space”) to justify the invasion of Poland, Russia and other eastern European nations to his people. But one small chapter in Hitler’s drive for new land is often overlooked: how the Third Reich’s hunger for margarine led to a ...read more
As the satirist Russell Baker once observed, “a fruitcake is forever.” The rock-hard, notoriously unpleasant-tasting treat can last a long, long time. Case in point: The Antarctic Heritage Trust recently discovered a 100-year-old fruit cake on Antarctica’s Cape Adare peninsula. ...read more
A trillion tons of ice have calved away from the Larsen C, an ice shelf on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. While the nearly 2,300 square mile iceberg that resulted isn’t the first massive chunk of ice to break off the Larsen Ice Shelf, it’s the largest—and potentially ...read more
The painting depicts a white-breasted bird lying on its back, its delicate beak tipped into the air. Labeled simply “Tree-Creeper, March 1899,” it was found in a paper portfolio left on a bunk in one of two historic huts on Cape Adare, a peninsula on the far east side of ...read more
During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of eastern Antarctica and claims it for the United States. Wilkes’ group had set out in 1838, sailing around South America to the South Pacific and then to Antarctica, where they explored a 1,500-mile stretch ...read more
