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...HANS ISLAND Denmark and Canada exchanged words in March over this 1.3-square-kilometer scrap of Arctic wasteland between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland. Both sides are playing down the dispute, but Hans could be the tip of the iceberg: Canada will launch operation Narwhal, its largest-ever war games in the Arctic, this August as part of a long-term plan to reassert its sovereignty in the north...
...Force first-years to strip naked and run in circles in the midst of howling winds and Arctic temperatures —the night before the biggest exam of their lives. It builds character...
Last month, as the arctic winds swirled through the narrow streets of Cambridge, DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. stood behind a podium inside the Harvard Book Store and gave a critique of the current state of black America, 35 years after the murder of “the last great civil rights leader...
...them are a starting point for voters wanting a handle on his political heart. Two had to do with marine research and protecting fisheries and reflected his consistent concern for the environment. He became the early leader of the Democrats' drive to block Bush from drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He joined McCain to try, unsuccessfully, to raise average-fuel-economy standards to 36 m.p.g. by 2015, and he was an active supporter of the Kyoto accords to address global warming. The third law was designed to provide grants for women starting small businesses and reflects...
...like his third cousin, Evel Knievel, Adam Vinatieri doesn?t melt under fire. Despite a sub-par regular season, when he converted a career-low 73.5% of his field goal tries, Vinatieri has kept a clutch foot in the playoffs. He hit a 46-yard knuckleball in the Arctic cold to give the Pats a 17-14 home win over the Tennessee Titans, and converted all five tries in New England?s 24-14 AFC Championship victory over Indianapolis two weeks ago. With little scoring expected as the NFL?s two best defenses square off in Super Bowl XXXVIII...