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Here are the two parts of Kenn's article for the Nunatsiaq News:

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I'm so happy that the story has now been told by a Greenland historian. I have a lot to fix in my own piece.

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Urio Etwango visits Dundee
Near the close of the whaling season of 1886, Capt. William Adams put into Durban Harbour, off the coast of Baffin Island, a popular meeting point for Inuit and whalers. Inuit knew it by the name Kisa...
nunatsiaq.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
place (and the parish that's a 3 is the water I was thinking about, I say... *hesitatingly*)
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I can think of a 2 :)
October 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
might there be a parish named for a water/river? My guess without cheating. No idea about highest score.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Britain From Above isn't paywalled. You just need to get a (free) account and log in to get full zoomable images.
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Are ditch barrows UFOs?

(from AD Cunningham's A History of Rannoch)
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"Queen Elizabeth was furious"

(from Edward Peck's The Battle of Glenlivet)
May 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
it's an all purpose sentiment I think
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
(the village is the namesake of actor Tilda Swinton)
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Congratulations on your curiosity at a relatively early age! 😅
April 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
please someone tell me a similarly cringe story of disabusing yourself of a notion...
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM