Word: arctics
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...stepped ashore. In a bleakly unceremonial freight shed, she inspected the honor guard, listened to a welcoming speech by Premier Jean Lesage, then climbed into a bulletproof Cadillac for the drive to the Quebec Parliament Building-and a reception as chill as the north wind moaning down from the Arctic...
...seem to be filled with dimpled, unattached blondes. In fact, only 40% of Sweden's 3,700,000 women are blondes. The country also lacks such other vital resources as coal, oil and fertile farmland. Like the other Scandinavian countries, Sweden must export to survive. In desolate Arctic wilderness lies Sweden's treasure, the greatest reserve of high-grade iron ore in all Europe. In this wasteland of rock and ice lies Kiruna, which claims to be the world's biggest city (11,000 sq. mi.) and exists to exploit the lode. Under floodlights in winter...
...seventh of Sweden, one-third of Norway, and a quarter of Finland lie above the Arctic Circle. -They had the same great-great-grandfather, Denmark's King Christian IX (1818-1906), whose skill at bagging the better thrones for his children earned him the sobriquet "Father-in-law of Europe." One of his daughters was Queen Alexandra, wife of Britain's King Edward VII; another, Princess Dagmar, married Russia's Czar Alexander...
...hunt is by no means confined to Ontario. In western Canada and the Arctic regions, Imperial Oil, Home Oil. Shell Canada, California Standard and half a dozen other firms intend to spend more than $300 million exploring for oil and gas this year...
...sphere. Dr. Fiedler hopes to use it to spy on fish and learn to catch them cheaply. It can repair damaged cables and bury radioactive wastes in the ocean bottom. Lockheed has high hopes of eventually being able to build large Turtles to carry cargo, perhaps operating under Arctic...