Word: arctically
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...Fell's reply begs the question: Why should pride in one's lineage depend on having Old World ancestors? And in any case, why are persons who crossed the Atlantic more "bold" than those who crossed the Arctic wastes of the Bering Straits, the route to America postulated by most anthropologists...
...Fell sighed in mock exasperation. She had just struggled through the ice and snow to bring in a load of groceries that morning, and now she had to brave the arctic-like weather again to cart off three more autographed copies of her husband's new book, America B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World...
...suddenly a chore. The same wild weather conditions that had isolated Buffalo in the snow-and frozen Florida's oranges-had also aggravated the 13-month drought that has plagued eight Western states. A high-pressure system lay off the West Coast, diverting winds northward to pick up arctic cold and blocking the normal flow of moisture to the West. In California, the loss in crops and other agricultural production may exceed $1 billion, and the water shortage is already affecting daily living in some unlikely places. One is Marin County, an affluent, scenic suburban area just across...
...bases in the Arctic and Antarctic, the newcomer must quickly learn the 30-30-30 Rule of Survival: when exposed to a 30-m.p.h. wind at -30° F., human flesh freezes solid in 30 seconds...
...meteorologists' wind-chill table starts at still air (0-m.p.h. wind) and ranges up to winds of 50 m.p.h. While 20° on a windless day can be quite tolerable, a 20-m.p.h. wind makes the received effect of that temperature equivalent to -9° without wind. The arctic nadir on the scale: at -45°, a 50-m.p.h. wind creates the equivalent of -128°-a sensation that is not totally unfamiliar to many Americans this year...