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On the subject of living in frozen landscapes , last year BLDGBLOG mentioned a fascinating thesis project from University of California, Ber...

In 1959, the US Army Corp of Engineers built Camp Century into glaciers in the far north of Greenland.  To do this, they dug broad trenches...

British taxidermist cum designer Reid Peppard produces a collection of accessories and jewellery made from the skins of vermin found in Lo...

Yesterday my brother introduced me to kombucha tea , a drink reputed to have healing properties.  Not being the sorts to just buy ready made...

According to a story dating back to Aesop , beavers were hunted for their testicles.  Somehow, the beavers understood this and so when they ...

Among the world’s great mountains, K2 stands out for having a remarkably impersonal name.  Where other mountains had dramatic names like Ka...

In the north of Pakistan, in the Baltoro Muztagh mountains and not far from K2 , the Trango Towers feature several of the most significant...