WELLINGTON (AP).- A crate of Scotch whisky that has been frozen in Antarctic ice for more than a century is being slowly thawed by New Zealand museum officials — for analysis, not to be tasted. The crate of whisky was recovered earlier this year &…
Lock of Napoleon’s Hair Sells at Auction for $13,000
AUCKLAND (REUTERS).- A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte’s head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand. Extra phone lines were installed for the sale to cope with an expected rush of international buyers seeking to sni…
Antarctica of 1959 Revealed in Black and White by Robert McCabe
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Cold, white and forbidding the images spring from the glossy pages as they once did from the window of a plane carrying a young photographer into the icy wastelands of Antarctica. “DeepFreeze! A Photographer’s Antarctic Odyssey in…