January 2011
21 posts
The Voyage of the Beagle
Reading The Voyage of the Beagle using http://itunes.com/apps/Stanza. “JOURNAL”: The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere of this climate, is one of great interest; if, indeed, a person, fresh from sea, and who has just walked, for the first time, in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, can be a judge of anything but his own happiness.
The Voyage of the Beagle
Reading The Voyage of the Beagle using http://itunes.com/apps/Stanza. “JOURNAL”: When the island was discovered, the immediate neighbourhood of Porto Praya was clothed with trees, 1 the reckless destruction of which has caused here, as at St. Helena, and at some of the Canary islands, almost entire sterility. Even in Darwin’s there was severe deforestation of the Atlantic islands.
The 'Dundonald' wrecked on the Auckland Islands in... →
wheat, gales, sharks, compass, bell, sail, squall, bow, breakers, rock, lifebelts, wheel, canvas, matches, tent, shelter, timber, ropes, grass fibre, shoes, sealskin, wooden spoon, wooden hooks, oars, blankets, bone, needle, sou’wester, cup, lashing, wire, rope, clothes, tinned meat, ship’s biscuits, blunderbuss, cattle, paper, tea, butter, sugar, coffee, flagstaff, jetty, steamer,...
“Several climbers saw David in trouble. David at some point froze to death like...”
– Everest 2006: The investigation into the death of David Sharp: Inglis is now recanting his story
“I’d been involved in body recoveries on Everest before, but there had been...”
– High Exposure
Bone awls →
“Dr O’Connor said ‘Karen what are you doing? Your hand’s...”
– BBC News - Alien Hand Syndrome sees woman attacked by her own hand
BBC News - Eccentric art inside London's Museum of... →
Sand Collection - a set on Flickr →