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geographicaljourneys.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Buzz Aldrin, the second man to ever set foot on the moon, stepped outside of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, took a look around and muttered the phrase "A Magnificent Desolation." He might have said the same thing had he been on his first visit to the Svalbard Archipelago. View of Spitsbergen from the pack ice-... | |
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adelebrandblog.com
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| | | | | Mid-October No one disputes who rules the far north. About 10% of the world's polar bears live in the Barents Sea, and hundreds call the Svalbard islands home - some permanently, others lumbering out over the sea ice to seek seals. Black and brown / grizzly bears are old acquaintances of mine, but polar bears... | |
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strafari.com
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| | | | | While we had been sailing onboard theNorwegian Coastal Expressfor several days, the experience of passing through the Magerøya strait(70º58'N), just a few kilometers from the North Cape, felt like being on the North Pole on a beautiful winter's day. We were in the middle of the polar night. At this time of year, the sun... | |
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jedleland.wordpress.com
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| | | I saw this story earlier today. Helicopter pilot threatened with arrest after flying rescue missions in flood-ravaged NC Stories like this are why people hate the government. At times, it seems like the government is more concerned with keeping other people from helping than with actually helping themselves. | ||
