It's a Baltic problem – objects are vanishing from historic wrecks as sport divers and criminal gangs loot well-preserved sunken ships ~humanities.history Article 1046 words 10 votes
A shared celebration of Orthodox Christmas deep in the Arctic, undimmed by war and the round-the-clock polar night religion Article 1037 words 6 votes
With Stalinist architecture, a prominent bust of Lenin and posters extolling the motherland, Pyramiden is the abandoned Soviet mining town in Norway's Arctic ~humanities.history Article 1419 words 10 votes
Were the Norse the first to settle the Azores? Seafarers may have come and gone from lush archipelago more than 1000 years ago ~humanities.history Link 7 votes