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A day in the life of Stonehenge
This stunning timelapse video depicts a day in the life of one of Britain s most iconic heritage sites, Stonehenge.
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In a jungle clearing there is a stunning sight that inspired one of the most legendary voyages in history.
From the moment famed Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl glimpsed a set of massive stone carvings standing grandly on a platform in a secluded valley of the most isolated islands in the world, he became obsessed with trying to find out who had put them there.
Some say Merlin brought the stones from Ireland to build the magic stone circle.
Biopic follows Norwegian explorer to both poles
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: Apr 15, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Pål Sverre Hagen stars as Roald Amundsen in Amundsen: The Great Explorer. Photo by Vortex Media
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When Roald Amundsen became the first human to reach the South Pole, the Norwegian explorer joked that never had anyone stood in a place so diametrically opposed to their stated goal. He’d been looking for the North Pole!
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When Maria Czaplicka first encountered the indigenous hunters and herders of northern Siberia it wasnât clear who was doing anthropology on whom. The Oxford-based scholar had spent much of 1914 sledging over the Arctic steppes to reach the Evenks in order to ask them about their kinship structures, marriage customs and the right way to eat a reindeer. They in turn wanted to know which tundra she had come from and how she made a living without any fox skins to trade. And why did such a young person have such old hair (her blondness struck them as the grey of middle age), and then, the question that women still get: where were her children? The queries that hurtled back and forth were fearless but fertile and produced the rich data that Czaplicka marshalled so brilliantly in
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During his life, Prince Philip visited Norway a number of times. He was in the country both on official tours, but he also visited his Norwegian relatives and friends privately on several occasions. The last time the Duke of Edinburgh visited Norway was in 2001. Even though it is now 20 years ago, the memories of Prince Philip live on with the Norwegian people.
His last trip was a State Visit that lasted three days, but Prince Philip was in Norway for several extra days. He arrived in Norway on May 25 2001 to take part in an award ceremony. It was the Queen’s and Prince’s fourth State Visit to Norway since 1952 and so far the last British State Visit to Norway.