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The Pacific covers about a third of the planet's surface and contains roughly half of its free water.
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Pacific Ocean · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Pacific Ocean Park ↗
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Challenger Deep reaches about 10,900 metres, more than two kilometres deeper than Everest is high.
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Mariana Trench · Oceania & the Pacific
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The nearest humans to Point Nemo are often astronauts on the space station passing overhead.
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Point Nemo, Pacific · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Gina Nemo ↗
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Reefs occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor but support around a quarter of all marine species.
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Oceans · Around the World
External reference (site language): Oceans Seven ↗
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We have better high-resolution maps of Mars than of our own seabed, though mapping projects are closing the gap.
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Oceans · Around the World
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The North Pole sits on drifting sea ice while the South Pole rests on a continent under kilometres of ice.
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Poles · The Poles
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Blood Falls is stained by iron-rich brine that has been sealed beneath the ice for over a million years.
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Taylor Glacier, Antarctica · The Poles
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Katabatic winds strip the McMurdo Dry Valleys bare, and some have not seen rain for around two million years.
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McMurdo, Antarctica · The Poles
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Emperors incubate eggs on their feet through the polar night at temperatures below minus 40 degrees.
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Antarctica · The Poles
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Residents leaving town are legally advised to carry a rifle because of the bear population.
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Svalbard, Norway · The Poles
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Permafrost prevents decomposition, so burials in the town cemetery stopped decades ago.
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Longyearbyen, Svalbard · The Poles
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Above the Arctic Circle the sun does not set for weeks, and blackout curtains are standard equipment.
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Arctic · The Poles
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Icebergs calve from land glaciers, so despite floating in the sea they are made of compressed fresh snow.
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Poles · The Poles
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Roughly 90 percent of an iceberg's mass sits below the waterline, which is where the metaphor comes from.
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Poles · The Poles
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The modern passport with a photo and standard booklet emerged from a 1920 League of Nations conference.
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World · Around the World
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Before railways every town kept its own solar time. Standard time zones were adopted to make timetables possible.
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World · Around the World
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The international date line bends around island groups so countries are not split across two calendar days.
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Pacific · Around the World
External reference (site language): Pacific Ocean ↗
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The body finds it easier to lengthen a day than shorten one, so westward flights usually feel gentler.
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World · Around the World
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The small bleed hole in a cabin window equalises pressure so the outer pane bears the load.
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World · Around the World
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Relative humidity on a long-haul flight often drops below 20 percent, which is why you feel thirsty.
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World · Around the World
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Low pressure and dry air dull sweet and salty perception, so airline meals are seasoned more heavily.
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World · Around the World
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Flight recorders are painted bright orange with reflective tape so search teams can spot them.
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World · Around the World
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Chicago O'Hare uses ORD from its old name Orchard Field, long after the orchard disappeared.
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World · Around the World
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The hop between Westray and Papa Westray takes about a minute and a half in fair wind.
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Orkney, Scotland · Around the World
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