When Sir Ernest Shackleton returned home from the Nimrod Expedition in 1909, he got a hero’s welcome — and a knighthood. But money was tight, so the Antarctic explorer embarked on a... Read more »
Estimates put it at round 1,270 sq km. Greater London is about 1,500 sq km; the Welsh county of Monmouthshire is roughly 1,300 sq km. That’s massive by any measure, though not... Read more »