Some of it fell off the trees, fossilised, and made it to our times as amber. This relic of the Scandinavian forest made it to the shores of the Baltic sea – on the beaches, where it is thrown out by ...

Dumping at sea, a practice held over from the First ... Beachcombers who touch solid white phosphorus—usually mistaking it for Baltic amber, a sought-after gemstone—can suffer third-degree ...

Dumping at sea, a practice held over from World War ... Beachcombers who touch solid white phosphorus—usually mistaking it for Baltic amber, a sought-after gemstone—can suffer third-degree ...

Archaeologists think the ancient helmet indicates that Celts settled in the region to protect their supplies of precious amber. Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a rare find — a 2,300 ...

Smithsonian’s partnership with Ponant is an inspired choice. It offers an elevated level of service that Smithsonian guests ...

I could appreciate the simplicity of unpacking once and seeing a slew of countries by sea and comfortable air ... I embarked on this Baltic cruise from Sweden to Copenhagen with my mom to explore ...

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, ...

amber has inspired writers and poets, who have given the captivating mineral names such as “sun dew,” “tears of the sea,” “the gift of the sun,” “sea incense,” “Baltic gold,” a ...

Dumping at sea, a practice held over from the First ... Beachcombers who touch solid white phosphorus—usually mistaking it for Baltic amber, a sought-after gemstone—can suffer third-degree ...

Curonian Spit and sand dunes Nestled along the Baltic Sea, Lithuania's Curonian Spit is ... you’ll hear the term “Lithuanian ...

but especially on the Amber Coast – an area beside the Baltic Sea in Kaliningrad, Russia, which has been excavated since the mid-19th century. There, two deposits – Palmnikenskoe and ...

Are you a food lover, a wine enthusiast, a history buff? Ponant has you covered with its inspiring new collection of themed ...