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Missing Airplanes

August 11, 2025 Antarctica Journal

Total number of passenger planes that have gone missing without a trace since 2000: 10

Facts & Trends

After decimating the Tanzanian elephant population, poachers have now killed half of the elephants in neighboring Mozambique in just five years. A survey by Mozambique’s government and the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society found that the herd has shrunk from 20,000 in 2010 to just over 10,000 animals today. “This decline is due to rampant elephant poaching in the country’s most important […]

Facts & Trends

Poem – WIPEOUT OF 2033 (By Joseph Cavera)

August 11, 2025 Antarctica Journal

WIPEOUT OF 2033 (By Joseph Cavera) Golden ribbons flutter and fold down the sides of the tallest building I have ever seen. At the skyscraper’s peak, A tall man watches His ramifications unfold down to the world below his scythe is grander than any instrument of teeming Death than any could possibly envision. The clouds of Obsidian in their […]

Poetry

Zig Ziglar Quote on Gratitude

August 11, 2025 Antarctica Journal

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” ~ Zig Ziglar

Quotes

Opportunity’s Mission On Mars Is Complete

August 11, 2025 Antarctica Journal

The rover Opportunity has been roaming over the planet Mars since January 2004 and traveled over 28 miles. It has sent back 225,000 photos of the planets surface. The information from the rover has told us that the winter is twice as long as Earth’s winters. Since it is longer than Earths winters the scientists didn’t expect the rover to […]