Everyone knows the old saw, “if life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” but we Midwesterners know that saying to be more like, “if you can’t melt it, belt it with a winter festival.” Read the rest of this entry »
From its purchase from Imperial Russia in 1867 to the gold rushes of the early 20th century, from its road to statehood after World War II, to the oil boom of the 1970s, Alaska reflects a progressive and hearty spirit, with rich multiple cultures that are the foundations of the state’s present-day prosperity and allure. Read the rest of this entry »
The howling begins the moment the Alaskan huskies are lifted from the truck. The dogs know they are going for a run and tend to get a little excited. Each pooch reacts differently to the humans they will be carrying — the outgoing ones are liable to slather you with kisses, while the self-conscious ones cower in the shadows. Read the rest of this entry »
A team of dogs, harnessed two-by-two to a gangline, pull a sled to the starting line of the first ever Flathead Read the rest of this entry »
We caught a comparatively mild, calm Saturday. The temperature might have reached as high as the teens during early afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.ADAM Munthe of Hellens manor house, Much Marcle, is planning to lead a second scientific expedition to the Arctic, to study climate change and its effects on nomadic peoples who live there. Read the rest of this entry »
Evolutionary biology offers some hints of another possible reason. John Francis, a biologist with National Geographic, says there may be selective pressures that favour exploration and creativity. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Bennett, president of the Explorers Club—which counts as its members the first men to both Poles, up Everest and to the moon—agrees that exploration must be “relevant”. Read the rest of this entry »
Explorers have long captured the human imagination. During the “heroic age” of exploration in the early 20th century, Western countries competed to send the first man to the Poles. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.Then comes that solo expedition to the North Pole. He swims in his dry-suit across “inky black water over three miles deep – the scariest thing I’ve ever done”; he sledges for hours only to discover, when he checks his GPS at the end of the day, that he is more than two miles behind his position that morning. Read the rest of this entry »
What does it mean to be an explorer in a world where everything has been explored? Ben Saunders explains to Joanne Ramos why he still wants to load up his sledge and head for the North Pole. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Cullinane is going to cycle 350 miles non stop across Alaska to raise money for Winston’s Wish charity. Read the rest of this entry »
It was 14 below zero when Jim Adcock awoke at 6 a.m. Saturday. He turned on his coffee pot, put the beer on ice and began sculpting a dragon. Read the rest of this entry »
Take in all the race excitement, starting with pre-race events, the action packed start in Duluth, the mushers progress along the race trail, Read the rest of this entry »
To drive across East Antarctica, you follow a heading…or the two rigs in front of you. Read the rest of this entry »
ERROL, N.H. — We caught a comparatively mild, calm Saturday. The temperature might have reached as high as the teens during early afternoon. That was good. It was January in the mountains on the Maine and New Hampshire border. It could have been colder. Read the rest of this entry »
Inspired by the frosty scenery in ‘the Golden Compass’, Robin Gauldie finds winter thrills near the North Pole. Read the rest of this entry »
As people highlight their homes’ facades with a variety of holiday colored-bulbs and icicle lights, nature displays its own light show in one of the world’s most remote locations. Read the rest of this entry »
We caught a comparatively mild, calm Saturday. The temperature might have reached as high as the teens during early afternoon. That was good. It was January in the mountains on the Maine and New Hampshire border. It could have been colder. Read the rest of this entry »
I found this fun short article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The article is by Debra Cruz. Read the rest of this entry »
Recent Comments