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1 dzień temu · Svalbard (/ ˈ s v ɑː l b ɑːr (d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole.The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude.
1 dzień temu · Tristan da Cunha (/ ˌ t r ɪ s t ən d ə ˈ k uː n (j) ə /), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately 2,787 kilometres (1,732 mi) from Cape Town in South Africa, 2,437 kilometres (1,514 mi) from Saint Helena, 3,949 kilometres (2,454 mi) from Mar del Plata in ...
1 dzień temu · The Igbo people (English: / ˈ iː b oʊ / EE-boh, US also / ˈ ɪ ɡ b oʊ / IG-boh; also spelled Ibo and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. Ethnic Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, as migrants as well as ...
1 dzień temu · Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire ...
1 dzień temu · The layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC. Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.It became the capital city of the civilisation of Ancient Carthage and ...
1 dzień temu · A cross section of the shore-end of a modern submarine communications cable. 1 – Polyethylene 2 – Mylar tape 3 – Stranded steel wires 4 – Aluminium water barrier 5 – Polycarbonate 6 – Copper or aluminium tube 7 – Petroleum jelly 8 – Optical fibers Submarine cables are laid using special cable layer ships, such as the modern René Descartes [], operated by Orange Marine.
