Kristine De Abreu

Kristine De Abreu

Title: Writer
Email: kristine@explorersweb.com
Location: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Expertise

  • Topics of Expertise: Science, Mysteries, History
  • Years in This Expertise: 4+

Education & Certifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s of English and History, University of Leicester
  • Years of Writing: 4+
  • Previous Publications: Caribbean Beat Magazine

A Word from Kristine de Abreu

  • Why Author Chose This Career: I am living out my passion for writing and adventure. It is the best of both worlds.
  • How Author Began Career: I found ExplorersWeb through the British College of Journalism in the UK. Normally, I scroll past such postings, but curiosity got the better of me.
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, Lord of the Rings, cats, literature, mysteries
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Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of the Ancestral Puebloans

The Ancestral Puebloans (or Anasazi) were ancient pre-Columbian people...
The Arabian Desert at sunset

Exploration Mysteries: Iram of the Pillars

Both the Qur'an and later sources mention a mysterious...
Plymouth

The Pompeii of the Caribbean: Montserrat and its Exclusion Zone

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Natural Wonders: Blue Tide

In the cusp between spring and summer, a bright...

Seven Underground Cities: How to Explore Them

From impressive military hideouts to macabre tourist attractions, complex...
MV Joyita abandoned and adrift

Exploration Mysteries: MV Joyita

Many call it the Mary Celeste of the Pacific....
A massive tsunami of fog looks like a wall of water above the ocean. A man stands in the foreground watching it.

Natural Wonders: Fog Tsunami

We've all heard of tsunamis, but what about a...
A hazy yellow sun in dark skies

Times of Darkness: A History of Dark Days

Is this the end of the world? It's a...
fairy circle in Namib Desert

Fairy Circles Mystery Solved?

The Namib Desert in Southern Africa hosts an odd...
Green statue face

Exploration Mysteries: Collapse of the Moche

The Moche civilization lived in northern Peru from 100...
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The Perils of Early Aviation

The years of early aviation saw trial and immense...
misty, dark Brazilian jungle

Exploration Mysteries: Hoer Verde

Some consider it a modern Roanoke. Others say that...
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Newcomer’s Guide to Bestiaries

We think of the Middle Ages as a time...
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Exploration Mysteries: Mercury Rivers

Today, we know that mercury is one of the...
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

In the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. and the...
long, skinny, tendril-like siphonophore.

Natural Wonders: The Longest Animal in the World

In 2020, marine scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute...
A portrait of Cherokee polymath Sequoyah showing his Cherokee alphabet

Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of Sequoyah

Sequoyah, also known as George Gist (or Guess), was...
a brown, curved tidal bore

Natural Wonders: What is a Tidal Bore?

A tidal bore is a wall of water that...
Nefertiti's bust

Find of the Century: Queen Nefertiti’s Long-Lost Tomb Discovered

Archaeologist and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs...
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Why Did They Do It? Six Archaeological Forgeries and the People Behind Them

Exploration has always attracted a certain amount of fraud....

Great Explorers: Oscar Eckenstein

Born in 1859, English engineer and mountaineer Oscar Eckenstein...
A vintage trading card of Captain Misson

Exploration Mysteries: Libertatia

In the 17th century, word spread of a pirate...
An illustration of a sunken city. A huge statue holding a trident lies on the sea bed with a ruined building in the distance.

The Real Atlantises: Seven Sunken Cities From Around the World

Film, television, music, and literature have explored the legend...

Natural Wonders: Will-o’-the-Wisp

The will-o'-the-wisp is a strange atmospheric light phenomenon seen...

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