Tag: TOURIST

When Freddy Johansen posted photos from a whale watching cruise on his Flickr account, he probably imagined that only a handful of close friends or family would find them interesting. As it turns out, though, the Norwegian's seemingly nonchalant photo of a humpback whale inadvertently resulted in a record-breaking biological discovery. As the Boston Globe reports, scientists first spotted ...

Sometimes, albeit rarely, what initially seems like wasting time on the Web can turn out to be anything but that. Case in point, a German woman who had only wanted to enjoy a beautiful view via a webcam recently became a long-distance lifesaver. According to the Associated Press, an unidentified woman was recently watching a live webcam broadcast of the sun setting over the North Sea when she ...