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From 30,000 ft. in the air, the Greenland ice cap seems impregnable, nearly 800 trillion gal. of frozen water locked safely away. But get closer and the cracks begin to emerge. Dancing by helicopter above the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier, near the western coast of Greenland, you can...
I got a firsthand look at such heroism this summer when I joined a team of international researchers led by Dahl-Jensen at the NEEM camp in Greenland. NEEM stands for North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (the acronym is Danish, as are the leaders of the project), and the scientists...
In 2010, Shanghai hopes to throw a lavish party to end all parties: the World Expo. World fairs have lost their luster since the wondrous days of London's Crystal Palace, Chicago and New York City. Who even remembers where and when the last Expo was held? (It was in...
In 2010, Shanghai hopes to throw a lavish party to end all parties, the World Expo. World fairs have lost their luster since the wondrous days of London's Crystal Palace, Chicago and New York. Who even remembers where and when the last Expo was held? (It was in 2005...
Success in modern Europe, however, often comes at a price of diluting local tradition. Where once the launch of a new fishing vessel would have drawn hundreds of locals in their Sunday best to the quayside, the big draws at this year's Seafest were not fishing vessels but Viking...