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Newnew Polar Bear is a fully-cellular feeder container ship with a container capacity of 1,620 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and a deadweight tonnage of 15,952 tons. [2] [5] The ship is 169 metres (554 ft) long, 27.2 metres (89 ft) wide, and has a displacement of 23,847 tonnes (23,470 long tons) [3] when loaded to the maximum draught of 9 metres (30 ft). [9]
In 1874, a bear cub from the Philadelphia Zoo was the first animal purchased by the zoo, for US$10. [15] The bear became quite adept at escaping from its home and could frequently be found roaming Lincoln Park at night. [16] In 1884, reportedly the first American bison born in captivity was born at the Lincoln Park Zoo. [17]
Fifteen years after polar bears were listed as threatened, a new study says researchers have overcome a roadblock in the Endangered Species Act that prevented the federal government from ...
The expedition arrived at New York on 18 June 1930. The expedition was a great success, and Byrd was honored with a ticker-tape parade and fame. Interest in his expedition was intense and the ship became a celebrity in her own right. [31] [32] Admiral Byrd's Polar Ship City Of New York, at the Chicago 1933 Century Of Progress International ...
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2002: Lakeview Polar Bear Club founded (now known as the Chicago Polar Bear Club). 2003 Meigs Field closed after having large X-shaped gouges dug into the runway surface by bulldozers in the middle of the night. Chicago Film Archives founded. February 17: E2 nightclub stampede; June 29: 2003 Chicago balcony collapse; 2004: Millennium Park opens ...
Lying on her back, enormous paws in the air, Laerke the polar bear is being given her annual medical exam. It takes a good half-dozen veterinary staff to turn her over. The recent exam at Point ...
SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.