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Manatee death rate spikes to highest number in nearly 50 years
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#manatees #DeathRate
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Brilliant GIF shows how Humans, Birds and Insects Breathe
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#GraphicVisualization #breathing #animals
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#GraphicVisualization #breathing #animals
In a quiet corner of Buckinghamshire, a dusty memorial hangs on a church wall. Underneath its gothic marble arch, the faded inscription recounts a story of youth, bravery, adventure, hope and pain.
It’s the story of Robert Shedden, his daring and death.
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It’s the story of Robert Shedden, his daring and death.
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Robert Shedden built his own schooner yacht. He called it 'Nancy Dawson' – after the 18th-century entertainer. The vessel, captained by Shedden, was the first yacht to circumnavigate the globe.
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In 1849, he volunteered to go in search of Sir John Franklin’s expedition which had set out to find the Northwest Passage – the Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But by 1847, no-one had seen or heard from the ships in two years.
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