Ghost Ships
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By , on October 29th, 2009 One comment   Archaeology, History, and Art, Carnivals & Link Love   , , , , , , , , , ,  

The Baychimo, image from Wikimedia Commons Top Tenz as a list of  12 ghost ships.  Just kidding, it is just ten.  My favorite… One of the most amazing cases of a real-life ghost ship concerns the Baychimo, a cargo steamer that was abandoned and left to drift the seas near Alaska for nearly forty years. . . . → Read More: Ghost Ships

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Once Again, I Called It
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By , on July 18th, 2009 4 comments   Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment   , , , , , , ,  

Like I said, the Great Alaskan Blob was Palin algae. Preliminary results indicate that it doesn’t look toxic. See Time Magazine: “Algae blooms,” she says. “It’s sort of like a swimming pool that hasn’t been cleaned in a while.” The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of “billions and billions of individuals.” “We’ve . . . → Read More: Once Again, I Called It

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“… some sort of naturally occurring organic or otherwise marine organism.”
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By , on July 16th, 2009 One comment   Biodiversity   , , , , ,  

Those were the words echoed by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Terry Hasenauer, in reference to a strange substance floating in the Arctic near Alaska. ” The stuff is “gooey” and looks dark against the bright white ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, Brower said. “It’s pitch black when it hits ice and . . . → Read More: “… some sort of naturally occurring organic or otherwise marine organism.”

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