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FOR a few weeks in January 1912, Antarctica was teeming with explorers. Roald Amundsen and his Norwegian party had reached the South Pole on 14 December and were speeding back to the coast. On 17 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. More than a hundred years after a Japanese expedition received a chilly welcome in Sydney following ...

Japanese icebreaker Shirase is anchored at Fremantle, Australia, Nov. 22, 2013. The Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) met with the Japanese vessel at the same port in ...

FUNABASHI – Against the backdrop of a blue sky, the majestic orange hull of the Shirase 5002 stands out. Its rounded bow is very different from the straight form of cruise ships, an instant indicator ...

Battle Programmer Shirase, also known as BPS, is a free programmer with super hacking abilities who doesn't work for money. What he does work for is certainly something that only people like him would ...

Summer in the southern hemisphere approaches and with it the 110th anniversary of one of the most compelling contests our planet has ever witnessed. For two men it would ensure they passed into legend ...