Evenings on the lake

Alexei Karimov's Collection of old Russian cadastral maps and papers

 

Here is Alexiei Karimov's very nice collection of historical Russian Forestry maps, of mostly 18th and early 19th century vintage. 

Link: Alexei Karimov's Collection of old Russian cadastral maps and papers.

Dictionary of Antarctic slang

U-barrel
A 55 gal. drum used for the collection of urine in places that lack real plumbing. U-Barrels are painted canary yellow, lest someone mistake the contents for something useful, like fuel or drinking water. The actual accomodations for filling one range from a bathroom with a tin-lined wooden box complete with standard toilet seat (B-133) to a pile of rocks to stand on and a funnel weighted down with a rock so it doesn't blow away ( Lake Hoare).

The things one learns on the internets...

Link: Dictionary of Antarctic slang.