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Digital technology is taking over: DVD has become the profit-king in the industry; people are watching movies on their laptops; and Tom Hanks was morphed into a plastic nightmare in “The Polar Express.” With Sony’s recent announcement that their entire backlog of films will be digitized and stored on high-capacity hard drives, the signs that we’re entering a new era of the filmic imagination are all around...
Harsh Arctic winds and ice-clogged waters can make any journey through the Northwest Passage an arduous one. But it is a frosty disagreement between the U.S. and Canada that has cast the greatest chill over the voyage of the Polar Sea, a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker. The U.S. considers the strait an international route. The Coast Guard says the vessel is simply taking the quickest route home. The Canadians claim that the strait is an internal waterway, and they see the U.S. insistence on entering without permission as an insult to the country's sovereignty. "The Americans are abusing...
...Progressive Conservative government tried to navigate its way through the controversy as the Polar Sea began its journey last week. While expressing "deep regret" over the U.S. action, the Canadians granted authorization for the trip even though it had not been requested. The Polar Sea voyage, insisted the External Affairs Ministry, "does not compromise in any way the sovereignty of Canada over our northern waters...
...Annie M. Lowrey ’06-’07, also a Crimson editor, was lucky enough to catch a little intimate attention in the fourth row. While taking a break from swooning over Daniel Kessler—who Lowrey reasons, “looks like a polar bear but he’s really hot!”—she found her eyes locked with those of Banks, who tossed her a smile when “he caught me singing along with my hands over my heart,” and went on with...
...Temperatures can drop to ?30C in April, so players have to tee off in the type of gear usually sported by polar explorers. Competitors need crampons to grip the icy course, tinted goggles to reduce glare and golf clubs with steel shafts, as graphite can shatter in extreme cold. The local wildlife also creates some unique challenges. The course is watched over by spotters with rifles in case one of the archipelago's 3,000 polar bears starts taking too close an interest in a caddy...