Chess has arguably pervaded our culture more thoroughly than any other game. It’s used as a metaphor, a visual motif and as decoration, and sometimes people even play it. My chess career started and ended while I was still underage. There’s one game I remember loving as a child much Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #135 – Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic
Museum: Russian State Museum of Artic and Antarctic (St. Petersburg) Russia and the Soviet Union have a long history of exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic. I visited the Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic in St. Petersburg, and while the Artic section is bigger and better, there’s some Continue Reading