by Audrey Benedict | Aug 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #93: Prologue: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown ePostcard #93: Prologue: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown I was first to circle the world by means of sails,Carrying you, Magellan, leader, through the new strait.Therefore am I justly called...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #92: The Age of Discovery ePostcard #92: The Age of Discovery Modern exploration had to be an adventure of the mind, a thrust of someone’s imagination, before it became a worldwide adventure of seafaring….The pioneer explorer was one lonely man...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 10, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #91: Tierra del Fuego: The View from Space ePostcard #91: Tierra del Fuego: The View from Space I am the albatross that waits for youat the end of the world.I am the forgotten souls of dead marinerswho passed Cape Hornfrom all the oceans of the...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 4, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #90: Ready to Fly (Black-browed Albatrosses) ePostcard #90: Ready to Fly (Black-browed Albatrosses) Since their first glimmerings in dinosaurs about 250 million years ago, feathers have evolved into one of nature’s most powerful and beautiful adornments....
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #89: Pair-Bonding—Black-browed Albatrosses! ePostcard #89: Pair-Bonding—Black-browed Albatrosses! We celebrate the wonder of black-browed albatrosses with our final two ePostcards from the Falklands/Malvinas. Before we go, however, we must preen our own...