A Commonplace Book

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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