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...north of Alaska and Western Canada. The ship was well inside a region the satellites said should be choked with thick, multiyear-old ice. "That's pretty much a no-go zone for an icebreaker of the Amundsen's size," says Barber. But the ship kept going, at a brisk 13 knots - its top speed in open water is 13.7 knots - and even when it finally reached thick ice, he says, "we could still penetrate it easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Melting Arctic Ice: What Satellite Images Don't See | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...little as $45, can earn more than $600 per night for their captors. "I'm really looking forward to doing more business during the World Cup," said a trafficker. We were speaking at his base overlooking Port Elizabeth's new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Already, he had done brisk business among the stadium's construction workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...challenge is getting kids in the room” said Angelica A. Brisk, one of the founders of Arts Bridge, and the head teacher of “My Allston Brighton...

Author: By SOFIE C. BROOKS, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oh Allston, My Allston | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...times we don’t think about the stories that we have to tell in the places where we live,” said Brisk...

Author: By SOFIE C. BROOKS, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oh Allston, My Allston | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...need a temporary escape from psets and papers:Take in the brisk fall air with a stroll along the Charles while you can still feel your toes. Sure, you may be that loner surrounded by touchy-feely couples, but an empty campus = me-time. Embrace it.Charles River, 24/7. (Except when it’s really, really, dark...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Get Out! | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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