Quirky Border Towns of North America

Have you ever walked through the front door of a building in one country and walked out the back door in another? How about driving along on the actual border line between two states? Check out our collection of the…

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Wednesday, 31st August 2011

Olympus Mons (Volcano Week 6)

It’s volcano week, so it would seem like a lost opportunity to not write about the tallest volcano in our entire solar system, Olympus Mons – no-one said that the volcanoes had to be on Earth after all. Normally, trying…

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Friday, 26th August 2011

Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (Volcano Week 6)

The Aleutian Islands are the northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean’s ‘ring of fire’. Starting just off the Alaska Peninsula, an arc of more than 300 volcanic islands stretches for almost 2,000km across the Pacific. While the majority of the…

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Thursday, 25th August 2011

San Francisco Volcanic Field (Volcano week 6)

There’s a hidden fact about northern Arizona that many non-residents don’t know. The landscape is littered with more than 600 volcanoes, many of which tourists drive right by without a passing glance, as they continue on their way to any…

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Wednesday, 24th August 2011

The Wrekin – a false volcano (Volcano week 6)

The 400 metre hill known as the Wrekin is a familiar landmark across Shropshire. An isolated peak amid flat farmland, the Wrekin is visible from many miles away, and a popular belief has developed among Salopians (footnote: a Salopian is…

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Tuesday, 23rd August 2011

The world’s most southerly volcano – Mount Erebus (Volcano Week 6)

We all know Antarctica as the home of extreme cold and ice, but not everythingthere is cold, for the Ice Continent is also home to the world’s southernmost volcano. Rising out of the Southern Ocean at the centre of Ross Island, Mount Erebus sits just over 12 degrees north of the South Pole and has been in a state of eruption since 1972.

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Monday, 22nd August 2011
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