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Belfast's town center and quayside may be gentrifying, but greater delights beckon to the north. Half an hour by car from Northern Ireland's capital, the beautiful, unspoiled coastline boasts miles of craggy cliffs alternating with white sandy beaches that set off the clear blue-green ocean. Dotting Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations...
...French woman is attempting to become the first person to windsurf across the Indian Ocean. It will be the first stunt like this since 2004, when John Kerry windsurfed his way out of the presidency." AMY POEHLER...
...report published in last week’s issue of Science, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Peter Girguis shed new light on the resiliency of the basic building blocks of life, by studying the behavior of worms that live in thermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. “These worms have been able to feed, reproduce, and live in a niche that no other animal has been able to,” Girguis said. “What a great adaptation.” The findings help scientists understand the limits to which the chemical...
Frustrated by Japan's defiance of the IWC--and the nation's insistence on hunting in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary around Antarctica--Greenpeace led a campaign this year to boycott goods sold by companies with a stake in Kyodo Senpaku, including Nippon Suisan Kaisha, better known as Nissui. The $4.3 billion conglomerate owns Gorton's, one of the largest suppliers of frozen seafood in the U.S. Late last month Kyodo Senpaku abruptly announced that Nissui and four other firms that held a stake in the company would donate their shares to "public interest" corporations, including the ICR. The firms...
...faut aller voir" (We must go and see) was the motto aboard legendary sea explorer Jacques Cousteau's boat Calypso. With his 1956 Oscar-winning underwater-adventure documentary The Silent World, Cousteau transported millions of viewers to the Indian Ocean islands of Assomption and Aldabra?one of the world's largest coral atolls. Today it's possible to go in person. The Island Sky is a small expedition ship that departs from Mauritius, taking 100 passengers on 12-day-long cruises on these turquoise waters. Wading ashore on Aldabra, home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises...