Natural History

A collection of 5 Posts

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Life at the Loneliest Farmhouse in the World

The author Tim Ecott is a regular visitor to the remote Faroe Islands. Here he takes us to one of the most sparsely populated of them all, Stóra Dímun, and its single, lonely farmhouse.

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Neanderthal vs Human: Did Diseases Make the Difference?

Liz Kalaugher considers the fate of the Neanderthals

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Why Are We Drawn to Mountains?

George Mallory, one of the central figures in the history of mountaineering, was haunted by this simple question, as the author Daniel Light explains

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A Human History of Ice with Max Leonard

Max Leonard on the human history of ice

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And the North

Hugh Brody reflects on his life, from childhood to the Arctic in Landscapes of Silence