Category: Arctic...
- cruising the Arctic in an icebreaker -- exploring its farthest, coldest reaches
- seeing a grizzly on the tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park and the caribou migration to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- the weird sounds made by the bearded seals who live in Arctic waters
- Arctic is from Greek arktos 'bear', referring to the northern constellation
- Arctic lands having developed geologically around four nuclei of ancient crystalline rocks
- an ever-changing panorama of wind-polished ice
- sighting of polar bears, seals, walruses, and Arctic birds
- a North Pole walkabout, barbecue, and quick plunge into the Arctic Sea, with champagne flowing, dancing and celebrating
- a game of Arctic golf with Day-Glo golf balls
- The Pole at last! (Robert E. Peary, 1909)
- the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Norrland, Sweden, built every November out of 4,000 tons of densely packed snow and ice -- and then melts into the River Torne in the spring
- the eerie patterns of the Northern Lights
- knowing how to build an igloo
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