Mid-Ocean Ridges A long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the ocean is called a mid-ocean ridge. For the most part, mid-ocean ridges do not rise above sea level. However, Iceland is one place where a mid-ocean ridge has risen above the oceanâs surface.id-Ocean Ridges A long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the ocean is called a mid-ocean ridge. For the most part, mid-ocean ridges do not rise above sea level. However, Iceland is one place where a mid-ocean ridge has risen above the oceanâs surface.
Review: Larceny Bourbon. Heaven Hill has just released this new bottling, called Larceny and named in honor of John E. Fitzgerald. Whoâs that? A treasury agent with âthe only set of keys to the rickhouses,â he reportedly stole whiskey from the best barrels as he traipsed through the warehouses around the turn of the century.
Bourbon whiskey /bÉËrbÉn/ is a type of American whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name derives from the French Bourbon dynasty, although the precise inspiration for the whiskey's name is unsettled; contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Bourbon has been distilled since the 18th century. The use of the term bourbon for the whiskey has been traced to the 1820s, and the term began to be used consistently in ...