Other creatures benefit from the whales' industry-sea birds forage in their wake. As the whales drive the krill closer to the surface, it comes within reach of birds that are not particularly skilled...
Humpback whales. During the brief summer they gorge themselves on krill. When the krill swarms are near the surface, the humpbacks collect them by lunging . They simply open their cavernous mouths and...
Huge though bergs may be, they are nonetheless usually on the move. But come the winter, sea ice forms around them and locks them solid. As winter progresses, so more and more of the sea freezes, spre...
Rivers of ice spill down from the icecap as great glaciers and creep slowly towards the edge of the continent and the sea. When you get beneath the snout of one of these huge glaciers, you begin to ap...
I am at the very center of the great white continent, Antarctica. The South Pole is about half a mile away. For a thousand miles, in all directions, there is nothing but ice. And, in the whole of this...
Jen Sharrin, Life After Peace Corps Y: 大家好,我是杨晨,欢迎您到美语咖啡屋! J: Hello everyone! I'm Jody! Welcome to American Cafe! Hey Yang Chen, what's that you're reading? Y: 噢!...
Love of Life Two men walked slowly, one after the other, through the low water of a river. It ran cold over their feet. They had blanket packs on their backs; guns, but no bullets; matches, but no foo...
Family life Jane Brown has been married for 12 years. She has three children, and lives in a suburb outside Columbias Higher. When her youngest child reached school age, Jane decide to go back to work...
Ten Phobias That Disrupt Our Lives 2 5 Agoraphobia: Fear of open or public spaces People who suffer from this phobia often fear being unable to escape the situation. This is “the most common and the...
Ten Phobias That Disrupt Our Lives By Candace Murphy/ 2004 San Jose mercury News , Knight Ridder Newspaper. Distributed by Tribune Media Service 1 Garden-variety fears are one thing; phobias are anoth...