History of Other Lands

The first known inhabitant of St Helena - long beforeNapoleon -  was a 16th-century Portuguese renegade.In 1506 Fernão Lopes, a member of his count...

To the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achieve...

In North Pole, Michael Bravo explains how visions of the North Pole have been supremely important to the world's cultures and political leaders, fr...

As the threat of global climate change becomes a reality, many look to the Arctic Ocean to predict coming environmental phenomena. There, the conse...