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...comes to winter weather may soon be forged through sheer necessity. Another epic blizzard hammered Washington on Wednesday morning, paralyzing anew a city that was still struggling to dig out from a storm that dumped some two feet of snow on the nation's capital over the weekend. The frigid blast, which is expected to blanket Washington's beleaguered residents with another 10 inches or more, left travelers stranded, shuttered airports, snarled rail and road traffic and brought the federal government (yet again) to a standstill. (See pictures of the massive blizzard in Washington...
...Harvard women’s tennis team traveled to Waco, Texas this weekend to compete in the ITA Kickoff Tournament. Facing frigid temperatures and two non-conference opponents, the Crimson held its own, coming away with a 4-1 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack yesterday, but falling, 4-0, to the No. 5 Baylor Bears on Saturday...
...campus? Got a great outing planned or want to find out more about indoor events so you can escape the frigid weather? Check out or subscribe to the still-expanding group at https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/winter.
...scientists who staff its research centers, usually for a few months at a time. But more and more are coming to visit: more than 45,000 tourists visited Antarctica during its most recent summer, and on average about 30,000 visitors flock to the frigid continent each year. Trips don't come cheap: a round-trip ticket - most likely by cruise ship - to the bottom of the earth can cost between $5,000 and $10,000. Nevertheless, at least five people have been born in Antarctica, the first being Argentinian Emilio Marcos Palma, whose mother, Silvia Morella de Palma, flew...
...Gist: It took just 211 sec. for Chesley Sullenberger to guide U.S. Airways Flight 1549 to the safety of the Hudson River on a frigid January afternoon, and a New York minute for his legend to flourish. In this slim volume, William Langewiesche lets some of the air out of Sully's soaring mystique. The Vanity Fair correspondent, a professional aviator himself, hails the captain as a "superb pilot" whose "extraordinary concentration" helped save the lives of 150 passengers and five crew members after his Airbus A320 struck a flock of Canada geese and lost thrust in both engines...