Transportation
Great Britain recently added a new stampset of four to their series of "Classic Locomotives". Previously released were Classic Locomotives of Scotland (2012) and Classic Locomotives of Northern Ireland (2013).
On the 20th of February Royal Mail issued the set...
On August 17, 1977, at 4am Moscow time, the atomic icebreaker Arktika, having overcome the ice of the Central Polar Basin, became the first surface craft to reach the North Pole. The icebreaker covered 2,528 miles in 7 days.
The...