Stay in Antarctica too long, your brain might shrink

Chasing waterfalls, a sunken forest, and hotels for seahorses. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. December 17, 2019 Brain Freeze Antarctica's known for being cold, dark—and for researchers stationed there, monotonous and lonely as well. According to a recent study, its infamously inhospitable, freezing conditions also appear to shrink portions of the human brain. Read More → Please Continue Chasing Waterfalls Victoria Falls, a thundering waterfall bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe, usually cascades over a 330-foot cliff. But tourists who recently visited were greeted with just a trickle. In a changing world, how do you find new ways to visit age-old attractions? Read more → Video New York's Disappearing Sunken Forest Just 60 miles from New York City, the Sunken Forest is an old-growth maritime American holly forest that’s disappearing—but not for the reasons you might think. Watch now → Hotels for Seahorses Around five years ago, David Harasti had a big idea: to build a hotel. In fact, he wanted to build a whole chain of them around Sydney Harbour where its underwater guests will always be checked-in. Read more → Give the Gift of Wonder 100 new places. 12 city guides. One New York Times bestseller. Searching for a way to share wonder? Look no further than the new second edition of our book. Shop Now→ Sydney, Australia A Seafaring Cat On a window ledge behind a statue of celebrated English navigator, Matthew Flinders, stands a bronze figurine of Flinders’s faithful cat, Trim, who accompanied the seafarer on many of his adventures. Read more → Uyuni, Bolivia Great Train Graveyard Filled with hollowed out bodies that have completely rusted over and other remains, the “Great Train Graveyard” can be found on the otherwise deserted outskirts of Uyuni, a small trading region high in the Andean plain. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222