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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

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Three hundred year old pen and ink drawing of a "strange and large" bat.
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New Guinea Bat

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As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Australian Plants

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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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The Charles W. Morgan tallship
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History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

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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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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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a woman's hands close a tin of sardines near a pile of empty cans
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Nimble Fingers: the Women Behind Maine’s Canneries

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a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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A square of interwoven sticks and cowrie shells
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Navigating the Waters with Micronesian Stick Charts

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