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	<title>Far North Science &#187; Adventures</title>
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		<title>Tara&#8217;s incredible polar drift</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/12/04/climate-news/taras-incredible-polar-drift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Tara has spent two winters in the ice

Let&#8217;s check in on one of the most interesting Far North expeditions now underway &#8212; a boat and crew trapped on purpose in the Arctic ice.
In the deep blackness of the polar night, the research schooner Tara and its crew of a dozen well-insulated scientists have been drifting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Aleutian creatures: Anemonies that prowl</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/10/31/news-from-alaska/new-aleutian-creatures-anemonies-that-prowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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The &#8217;swimming&#8217; sea anemone
Photo: Stephen Jewett / SFOS

A team of science divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have discovered several new animal species in the Aleutian abyss, including a basketball-size anemone that can prowl the sea floor in search of prey.
The findings, part of a two-year scientific survey of Aleutian waters, focused on  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Voice: Journey&#8217;s End</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/08/25/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-voice-journeys-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/08/25/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-voice-journeys-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Rainbow over Coronation Gulf, Arctic Canada

Two British explorers traveling the Arctic Coast of Canada in Feathercraft folding kayaks and sled dog teams have reached the end of their journey in Kugluktuk, in the far reaches of Nunavut. But not before finding insight into the resilience of Inuit and Athabascan people in the face of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Abyss updates</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/07/26/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-abyss-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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The Puma, or &#8220;plume mapper,&#8221; vehicle uses sonar,
lasers, and chemical sensors to search wide areas
near the ocean floor to detect the telltale temperature,
chemical, and turbidity signals from hydrothermal
vent plumes. Credit: Hanumant Singh/WHOI

The dispatch titles tell a compelling tale all their own:  Life on the Edge and Echoes from the Deep. Or how about Puma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Voice: Wall of Ice</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/07/16/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-voice-wall-of-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Two British explorers traveling the Arctic Coast of Canada in Feathercraft folding kayaks have hit a &#8220;wall of ice&#8221; blocking their route through the famed Northwest Passage.
In the first stage of a 3,000-mile kayak and dog-sled Arctic Voice expedition to visit Inuit villages and create links to schools in England, Glenn Morris and Stephen Doughty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Arc: Greenland at last</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/06/25/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-arc-greenland-at-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer
traversed the Arctic

Two Belgium explorers finally reached Greenland, completing one of the most difficult polar journeys of recent decades and documenting the disintegrating ice cap of the Far North.
From the Arctic Arc site:
&#8220;Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have just accomplished a major first in the history of the world. 
The journey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Arc: Stuck offshore!</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/06/13/news-from-alaska/adventures/arctic-arc-stuck-offshore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Alone and afoot off Greenland

The Arctic ice pack has shattered, leaving two Belgium explorers struggling toward Greenland, cut off from shore with only 75 miles to go.
On an expedition to measure snow depths across the Arctic Ocean &#8212; from Siberia over the North Pole and through the unknown and little visited ice off Northwest Greenland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grueling Arctic traverse</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/05/26/news-from-alaska/adventures/grueling-arctic-traverse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/05/26/news-from-alaska/adventures/grueling-arctic-traverse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Dixie pulling the sled

Open water. Towering ice blocks. Ragged crevasses. Shifting floes.
Two Belgium explorers struggling toward Greenland on an expedition to measure snow depths across the Arctic Ocean have stumbled into hellish conditions within the Ultima Thule of the Far North. But they keep trudging forward.
Since leaving the North Pole on April 26 on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the North Pole</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/05/10/news-from-alaska/adventures/beyond-the-north-pole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/05/10/news-from-alaska/adventures/beyond-the-north-pole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 12:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Credit: Arctic Arc

Two Belgium explorers on a mission to measure snow depths across the Arctic Ocean have launched a grueling 500-mile trek across the ragged, crevassed ice between the North Pole and Greenland.
Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer  reached the North Pole on April 24, after traveling on foot from the remote north coast of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explorers reach North Pole</title>
		<link>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/04/26/news-from-alaska/adventures/explorers-reach-north-pole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farnorthscience.com/2007/04/26/news-from-alaska/adventures/explorers-reach-north-pole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug O'Harra</dc:creator>
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Crossing a lead
The Arctic Arc

Two Belgium explorers on a mission to measure snow depths across the Arctic Ocean ice pack trudged up to the North Pole on April 24, after traveling on foot from the remote north coast of Siberia almost 578 miles in 54 days, according to a dispatch on the expedition website.
After their [...]]]></description>
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