In the mid 1990’s Hunter Marine was struggling to find its way. Begun in 1973 with a plan to target the then, emerging lower priced sailing market, Hunter became saddled with “cheap boat syndrome”. This was certainly not the intention of Warren Luhrs. Along came Glenn Henderson, one of the shining new stars of yacht [...]

I got thrown headlong into this historical (hysterical) fantasy - but that is another story for another day. Apparently one guy and an overly rabid publisher have created a myth tagged on to the legend of Zheng He, a Chinese explorer of the 15th century. This in turn has gotten some folks fairly annoyed.

If you [...]

The polar ice cap is shrinking dramatically. As of September 4, 2007, the sea ice extent was a full 17% below the record minimum that had previously occurred on September 20-21, 2005. Although the rate of melting is starting to slow down as the days grow shorter, more melting is expected this month.

In seperate studies [...]