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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

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These rattles from British Columbia were used during shamanistic performances.
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Ceremonial Rattles

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Fish spears and traps placed in rivers are traditional ways of catching salmon.
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Catching Salmon

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A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
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40 Years of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

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North Atlantic right whales were long hunted for their baleen—the fringed plates hanging in their mouths that they use to strain the seawater for food. Baleen was used in a number of consumer products, such as corsets.
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale

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Master carver Douglas Chilton rides in the Raven Spirit canoe at its ceremonial launch.
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The Tlingit Raven Spirit Canoe and Carver, Douglas Chilton

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Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll
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Naturally Resilient

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
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Early Eskimo Point

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Divers at a shipwreck site
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Wood Under Sand: The Search for A Slave Shipwreck

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