SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The Kangei Maru, a new whaling mother ship that will succeed the decommissioned Nisshin Maru, has been built here. A signing ceremony for its delivery was held ...

Suitors in the 18th and 19th centuries often carved love tokens out of whatever material was at hand. According to the National Museum of Wales, a cow horn carved with intricate patterns in its ...

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in July as he sought to intercept a Japanese whaling ship. Japan, which has long sought Watson’s extradition, accuses him of obstructing commercial whaling activities and injuring crew members ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

From a luxury product for the very rich, glass gradually became more widely produced and affordable. It is for this reason that a volume of 18th century material has survived. For today’s collector, ...

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Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

Moreover, Canada is closer to Greenland than Denmark and shares a land border on Hans Island. Existing ports, airfields and ...

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