Arctic climate history reshapes mammoth tale across eras
A survey of paleontology and Arctic exploration traces how tropical and temperate flora and fauna shifted with ancient climates from Silurian reefs near Lancaster Sound to Greenland’s tertiary forests. It links mammoths and musk ox to glaciation, migration, and human hunting influence across Eurasia and North America.
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Lena
Arctic
Lancaster Sound
Nova Zembia
Spitzbergen
Nares
Grinnell Land
Oswald Heer
Europe
North America
Heer
Polar
Greenland
Montriex
Lake Geneva
North Pole
Sala
United States
Fram
Nansen
Franz Joseph Land
America
Pole
Siberian
Hidden naval heroes honored by Arlington bid in Congress
Two long forgotten Commodores Cassin lie unnamed in Charleston and Georgetown graves. Dr Stephen B Cassin seeks congressional action to move their remains to Arlington, preserving a history tied to Washington and Lake Champlain battles.
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United States Navy
Navy Yard
Charleston
D. C
Hollywood Cemetery
Georgetown
John Cassin
George Washington
Barry
King George
Stephen Cassin
Lake Champlain
Tripoli
West Indies
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Cassin
Stephen B. Cassin
New York
Congress
Arlington
England
Ragged Army
London
Commodore Cassin
Commodore Stephen Cassin
D.C
Mornington Island Expedition Reveals Primitive Inhabitants
Dr. Roth and Charles Hedley report on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria where island natives, isolated from the mainland Aborigines for generations, display extreme primitiveness Yet they show curiosity and hospitality aided by tame blacks during an inquiry that followed a June landfall on the island with cautious, cautious interaction and surprising insights into their culture
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Ticonderoga
Stephen Cassin
Cassin
Somers
Old Mexico
Monte Cristo
Sister Republic
Mexico
Montezuma
W. W. Walling
Texas
Rio Grande
Judge Walling
John W. Goff
Australia
Gulf of Carpentaria
Wellesley Islands
Mornington Island
Sweet’s Island
Roth
Queensland
Charles Hedley
F. L
Australian Museum of
Sydney
Both
Gulf
Mr. Hedley
Mornington
Dr. Roth
Benetick Island
Marpoon
Island
Leeward
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Germany
Philadelphia
Plattsburg
McDonough
Ticondéroga
J. Fenimore Cooper
Crab Island Shoal
Finch
Preble
Mediterranean
Miss Abernethy
Detroit
Schley Cassin Wood
Admiral Schley
Admiral Jewett
Wilcox
Uncle Sam
Lone Star State
George Caen
San Antonio
Finke
Caen
Montana Espan
Tosa
Gherlock Holmes
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