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...evening, and he took with him on Air Force One half a dozen House members from Texas, inviting them to join him at the front of the plane. A visit that was supposed to last 15 minutes stretched into an hour and a half. With his dogs wandering the cabin and White House chief of staff Andrew Card taking notes, Bush listened as his visitors explained how Americans beyond the capital were digesting the events in Iraq. They talked, recalled Representative Joe Barton, a Republican from Texas, about "how it's very easy to get support for a pure military...
...Zealand, where prominent tour operators include Heritage Expeditions, tel: (643) 338 9944, and the Adventure Travel Company, tel: (643) 379 7134. Meanwhile, Adventure Associates, tel: (612) 9389 7466, organizes departures from Tasmania. For a three-week cruise, expect to pay at least $12,000 a head in a triple cabin or $20,000 for a suite. Also bear in mind that reaching Antarctica from Australasia takes about four days, as opposed to two from Argentina...
...what Antarctic veterans call "big eye") affects many people during the first few days of their voyage. Add to this the jet lag you've accumulated while flying to your point of departure, and you can expect to spend plenty of sleepless hours staring at the ceiling of your cabin. Bring an eye mask, and if that fails to do the trick you could always try a few swift glasses of Scotch...
...CABIN FEVER Get the real scoop on "life in the freezer" from this site, diligently maintained by a gossipy (and anonymous) employee of McMurdo Station, Antarctica's largest base. Pages are packed with entertaining complaints about mail and food and lots of vicious, small-town backbiting...
...auto-security device from Germany, is a small metal cartridge filled with a mixture of glycol and water and attached to a vehicle's regular alarm system. When the alarm is activated by a break-in, a 12-volt impulse turns the mixture into an impenetrable fog, filling the cabin in seconds and preventing thieves from driving away. Even with all doors open, it takes 10 to 15 minutes for the fog to clear - leaving a vanilla scent. Considering how often car alarms go off for no reason, there might be too much vanilla in the air for anyone...