Do you like maps? Do you like *interactive* maps?
Feast your eyes on this one, showing how the crew of wrecked Dundee whaler The Snowdrop escaped from the Arctic:
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NEW: More than 1500 people went down with the Titanic. But more than 700 survived. The first episode of the 'Singular Discoveries' podcast tells the story of the men, the ship and the technology that rescued them.
Find it on Apple, Spotify and more. 🎙️👂
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NEW from me today:
The Snowdrop: Lost in the Arctic.
In 1908, a small Scottish whaling ship was wrecked in the Arctic, and a young seaman set off on a hundreds-of-miles journey across broken ice floes, vast glaciers, and berg-filled seas to find help…
…gulardiscoveries.shorthandstories.com/the-snowdrop/

Subscribers to my newsletter, a first look at my new longread just landed in your email inboxes. It's an epic true story of shipwreck, survival, and adventure. Launching for the rest of the world later today. singulardiscoveries.com

The Old Tyne Bridge was destroyed early on a Sunday morning, 17 November 1771, during 'the most dreadful inundation' that ever befell Tyneside—the Great Flood.

It was a day of horror, suffering, and great bravery. At least 8 people died, but many more were rescued.

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𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | SAVAGE ENTHUSIASM by Paul Brown
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Tracing the evolution of the football fan from the sport's earliest origins right up to the present day, exploring how football became the world's most popular spectator sport.

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So this is what I've been up to for the last few months, a pursuit that's taken me from an ice cream factory to the boardroom of EMI, via Florida, California, Norway... and Dudley.

A history of this iconic #Tyneside symbol, linking #Newcastle and #Gateshead , #TheTyneBridge by Paul Brown is out now in paperback! 📚

‘The Tyne Bridge, symbol of home and identity, is my favourite structure in the whole world and this book tells its tale–and that of its…

Some of the books and other stuff recommended in the latest edition of my newsletter. You can read it here: singulardiscoveries.com