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Word: blizzarded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September a blizzard with winds of up to 160 kph (100 m.p.h.), temperatures as low as -43 degrees C (-45 degrees F) and wind chill of -79 degrees C (-110 degrees F) kept the team tent-bound for 13 days. Said Steger when he reached the Patriot Hills campsite in early November: "There were some pretty black moments when I could see the desperation of other explorers like Scott." The British adventurer and his party perished of cold and hunger after reaching the South Pole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To The South Pole by Sled | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...journey has been brutal for the animals. Fifteen of them became so exhausted that they had to be airlifted out temporarily to Patriot Hills. One of Steger's favorites, an eight-year-old named Tim who had gone with him to the North Pole, died during the blizzard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To The South Pole by Sled | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...Cattlemen lost entire herds to harsh winters, then spent enormous, irrationally large sums of money taking vengeance on wolves. Barry Lopez, in his haunting book Of Wolves and Men, tells of wolves drenched with gasoline and set afire, wolves pulled apart by horses. You can't dismember an April blizzard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Park The Brawl of The Wild | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...blizzard came primarily from standout striker Ken Snow, who won the prestigious Hermann Trophy last season as a sophomore. Snow buried a personal-best four goals in the Harvard net, including the game-winner, and received two of his tallies special delivery from younger brother, Steve...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Hoosiers Avalanche Men Booters Behind Snow | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...summer in the high Himalayas, but photographer Robert Nickelsberg borrowed a heavy-duty arctic snowsuit to cover this week's story on war on the Siachen Glacier between India and Pakistan. Just as well: he was stranded by a blizzard at a military camp 17,400 ft. up. Later, during an artillery exchange, Nickelsberg tried to dash to a better position only to discover that the thin air made it "nearly impossible to run." The rigors behind him, Nickelsberg sent back the first combat pictures seen in the West of this little-known conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Jul 31 1989 | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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