Word: poling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the Arctic has its own ozone hole, albeit a smaller one. At the American Geophysical Union meeting last week in Baltimore, W.F.J. Evans, an atmospheric physicist with the Canadian Department of the Environment, announced that an ozone "crater" 1,500 miles wide may be developing over the North Pole...
Covering Joe Restic's Harvard football team as it marched to the 1987 Ivy League title was a thrill I will always remember--especially the finale at the North Pole...
...dark for as many as 20 hours a day in the winter and where temperatures drop as low as 60 degrees below zero. Pananen and Thompson are not alone at Harvard. They are two of the 13 Alaskans currently enrolled at the College. Migrating from towns such as North Pole and Copper Center, these students travel nearly 4000 miles to come to school. None of the 13 agrees exactly what it means to be an Alaskan at Harvard, but most are in accord about one thing--it's a big adjustment to make...
...harshest blow for the Crimson squad came when pole vaulter Mike Short missed the vaulting pit and fell to the ground, fracturing his left elbow...
...years the story of Matthew Henson has languished as a dusty footnote in history. Henson, an experienced Arctic adventurer, shared with Robert Peary the honor of being the first men to reach the North Pole, on April 9, 1909. Over the decades, however, Peary alone was generally credited as the first man at the Pole, despite the fact that the frostbitten explorer relied on Henson's navigational skills during the final 133-mile trek to the top of the earth. Some historians believe that Henson arrived at the pole 45 minutes before his famous colleague, but was denied credit...