…a succession of sea operations during the Second World War in which Axis naval and air forces attempted to destroy ships carrying supplies from North America to the UK…
…a resort city in southeastern New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean; population 39,408 (est. 2008). It is noted for its gambling casinos and its boardwalk…
…the standard time in a zone including the easternmost parts of mainland Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, specifically:…
…relating to or denoting the fifth climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, following the Sub-Boreal stage (from about 2,800 years ago to the present day). The climate has been cooler and wetter than in the earlier postglacial periods…
…the ocean lying between Europe and Africa to the east and North and South America to the west. It is divided by the equator into the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic oceans…
…the region of the US that generally includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and often also New York and Maryland…
…a declaration of eight common principles in international relations drawn up by Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941, which provided the ideological basis for the United Nations organization…
…the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Maritime Provinces…
…a submarine ridge system extending the length of the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic to the Antarctic. It is seismically and (in places) volcanically active; the islands of Iceland, the Azores, Ascension, St Helena, and Tristan da Cunha are situated on it…
…term for the US states between New England and the South that are on or near the Atlantic coast, usually including New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and sometimes also Delaware and Maryland…
…a continuation of the Gulf Stream across the Atlantic Ocean and along the coast of NW Europe, where it has a significant warming effect on the climate…
…a water route in the US that allows sheltered boat passage for 1,900 miles (3,100 km) along the Atlantic coast between Boston and Key West…
…an association of European and North American states, formed in 1949 for the defence of Europe and the North Atlantic against the perceived threat of Soviet aggression. It includes most major Western powers, although France withdrew from the military side of the alliance in 1966…
…an auk (seabird) of northern and Arctic waters which nests in holes, with a large head and a massive brightly coloured triangular bill…
…a large edible fish that is a popular sporting fish, much prized for its pink flesh. Salmon mature in the sea but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn…
…an auk (seabird) of northern and Arctic waters which nests in holes, with a large head and a massive brightly coloured triangular bill…
…a large edible fish that is a popular sporting fish, much prized for its pink flesh. Salmon mature in the sea but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn…
…a predatory marine fish with a greenish-blue back, important as a food fish…
…a predatory marine fish with a greenish-blue back, important as a food fish…
