Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier
Lou Bodenhemier holds an MA in History from the University of Limerick and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He’s interested in maritime and disaster history as well as criminal history, and his dissertation focused on the werewolf trials of early modern Europe. At the present moment he can most likely be found perusing records of shipboard crime and punishment during the Age of Sail, or failing that, writing historical fiction horror stories. He lives in Dublin and hates the sun.
Half-Starved, Three-Quarters Crazy: How Two Explorers Survived Alone in Northern Greenland in 1911-12
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Egyptian Tomb Discovery Sheds Light on Mysterious Royal Family
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We’ve Just Learned More About the Mysterious People of the Green Sahara
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A Child’s Doodles Show Daily Life in Medieval Russia
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An ‘Affordable’ Flying Car May Be Just Around the Corner
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Octopus Hitches Ride on Mako Shark’s Head
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Live Completely Off-the-Grid On A Remote Scottish Island
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Weekend Warm-Up: Jasmin Paris, The Finisher
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When Foreigners Were Considered Monsters
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New Map Shows What Ice-Free Antarctica Looks Like
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Physical Assault, Death Threats at Isolated Antarctic Station
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Why Feral Camels Once Haunted the American Southwest
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Weekend Warm-Up: Painting the Mountains
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Early Mammals’ Fur Had No Color, Was All Dark Grey
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Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
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How Cannibalism on the High Seas Became Illegal
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Weekend Warm-Up: The Great Southern Country
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Teen Eats Only Toothpaste For Five Days to Survive China’s Deadliest Trail
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Exploration Mysteries: A 16th-Century Arctic Expedition Ends in Disaster
It’s 1553, and Sir Hugh Willoughby is leading three...
