If you love nature and nature documentaries you could hardly miss British broadcaster and biologist Sir David Attenborough. His highly informative documentaries with BBC have sparked interest among many over the years. In 1952 Sir David completed a training program at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and started his iconic journey as a television producer for the…
Mount Roraima, is the highest tabletop mountain in the Pacaraima chain in South America. It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. The highest point of Mount Roraima 2,810 m (9,220 ft) located in Venezuela. Leaching caused by intense rainfall has shaped the peculiar topography of the summit. Thanks to its geographical…
On March 9, 1890, the young surveyor William Quill used only basic climbing equipment, to scale the side of the ‘great Sutherland waterfall’. This waterfall cascades down for 580 m near Milford Sound. After nearly 3 1/2 hours of tough climb, he had his reward. Standing at the summit of one of the highest waterfalls…
What is the remotest island on Earth? You might come up with several answers, like St Helena for example. But the actual remotest island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean. We call it Bouvet Island. The island is about 1,700 km (1,100 mi) north of Antarctica. And 2,520 km (1,570 mi) from South Africa….
31 years ago, Russian archeologist Natalia Polosmak made an interesting find in the Ukok Plateau near the border of Mongolia. Natalia and her team continued their research into the early habitation of southern Siberia. They found mummified remains of a Scytho-Siberian woman who lived on the Eurasian Steppes in the 5th century BC. Archeologists found…
How did the Polynesian civilization originate? Anthropologists sought answers to this question. Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian adventurer, thought he had an answer, albeit a controversial one. So, in 1947 He crossed 4,300 miles of the Pacific Ocean in a homemade raft, the Kon-Tiki just to prove it. His theory was that an ancient white-skinned, reddish,…
Some of us might have fallen in love with those flying cars from all those Hanna Barbara cartoons. But we are just getting there now. With their ground-based sales falling, auto giant Toyota has teamed up with US-based Joby Aviation to develop air taxis. As you might probably know Joby is a leader in electric…
In 2011, Sanobabu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa made history with an extraordinary adventure. These two men from Nepal embarked on a journey that combined the high-altitude challenge of Mount Everest with a subsequent trek across varied terrains to the Indian Ocean. They paraglided from Mount Everest’s peak. Their challenging feat did not stop them….
Northern white rhinos roamed East and Central Africa south of the Sahara at least until the latter half of the 20th century. However, poachers reduced that number with their incessant hunting. Now they are at the doorstep of extinction. The last of the white rhinos are called Najin and Fatu. They officially belong to the…
In 1983 Jessica Cox came to this world without her arms. This was due to a rare condition. But Cox did not give up on herself. As a young girl, she started practicing simple tasks using her feet. However, since she was 14 years old, she did not use prosthetic arms. But through sheer willpower,…
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