explorers

Should We Abolish Columbus Day?

Marlen Suyanpa Bodden

Despite the Knights’ stance regarding Columbus Day, the American public is increasingly joining Native Americans in calling for abolishment of Columbus Day and replacing it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. As of September 23, 2019, eight states, Minnesota, Oregon, South Dakota, Alaska, North Carolina, Maine, Vermont, and Louisiana, and more than 130 cities and towns, including Berkeley, New York City, and Seattle, celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  

Polar Explorers’ Glory and Ordeals Celebrated in Chris Turney’s ‘1912’

Lee Polevoi

1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica chronicles the polar expeditions that laid the groundwork for our present-day knowledge of this vast, ice-bound continent. In addition to reprising the famous “race to the pole” of explorers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen, Turney describes lesser-known South Polar explorers who also braved mind-boggling conditions in pursuit of science and glory. 

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