Marine census

Marine census

First Marine Census. Lovely images and a heart-stirring conclusion. The Census found living creatures everywhere it looked, even where heat would melt lead, seawater froze to ice, and light and oxygen were lacking. It expanded known habitats and ranges in which life...

Unwatchable climing

Nutter repairmen scale 1,768ft TV mast. Oh dear lord. Sweaty palm time. Couldn’t they use a helicopter? And surely coming down is far, far worse than going up?
Hundred-year-old russian photographs

Hundred-year-old russian photographs

Russia in color, a century ago is, as usual, a great Big Picture. The quality of the photos is amazing for 100-year-old colour prints. However the shots are curiously unenlightening.