Climate Gallery

Peary and Cook dispute over the North Pole

Robert Peary and Frederick Cook dispute over who reached the North Pole first -- but the real question is whether either of them got there at all. Another question is, what are penguins doing in the Arctic?

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10006872

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The Bottle House, Rhyolite, Nevada, USA

The Bottle House, Rhyolite, Nevada, USA - built by miner Tom T Kelly in around 1906, later used as a movie location (The Air Mail, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jnr). Date: circa 1930

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia - The Jetty

The Jetty at Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia. Gagra is on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made it a popular health resort in Imperial Russian and Soviet times. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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