Word: dens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biologist L. David Mech and photographer Jim Brandenburg, set out for Ellesmere to do what no one had ever done: live with a wild-wolf pack. Achieving all they had hoped for and more, Mech and Brandenburg managed to set up camp next to a wolf den and, most astonishingly, accompany the pack during hunts. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, Mech and Brandenburg went back the next year with a film crew to give the world its first close-up view of life among the Arctic wolves...
...wolves' attention and to convince them that he was no threat. For the next few days Mech and Brandenburg spent much of their time groveling, trying to win the wolves' acceptance. Eventually, the pack allowed the men to set up tents within 200 ft. of its den...
...pack, they gave each wolf a name. Among them were Scruffy, a playful yearling who was picked on by his elders, and Mom, an easygoing female. At one point, Mom calmly watched as her puffball pups scrambled over Mech's feet, untying his shoelaces. Later, Brandenburg entered the den and photographed the babies while Mom waited outside...
...what purpose do final clubs serve? The only functions that we see held at the clubs are parties. Frankly, I don't see the advantage of joining a drinking den...
...Harvard Cornell rivalry. This semi-annual clash of the ECAC titans is full of chants and chickens, slogans and shouting matches. A Harvard-Cornell hockey game is as big and as boisterous as a Michigan-Ohio State football contest, particularly when the game is played in Cornell's den in Ithaca...