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North Pole Summers Will Be Ice Free In A Decade

AP | MARESA PATIENCE | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Arctic Sea, Open Sea, North Pole Summer, Ice Melting, Catlin Arctic Survey Team, Climate System, North Pole, Polar Ice, Team of Explorers, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Polar Ocean Physics Group, Pen Hadow, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice Cover, Green News

AP LONDON -- The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who ...

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DAVID SHANNON: First Quadriplegic To Reach North Pole

Globe And Mail | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Quadriplegic Man North Pole, Foreign Affairs, North Pole, Quadriplegic Man, David Shannon, David Shannon Quadriplegic, Canada, Thunder Bay, Advocacy, World News

A lawyer from the northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay has become the first known quadriplegic to reach the North Pole....

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Santa Claus Arrived This Year In a Battered Bus Called "OPEC"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, President-Elect Barack Obama, Oil Prices, Santa Claus, Opec, North Pole, Barack Obama, Exxon Mobil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

What does the difference of $147/barrel and $35/barrel mean to us (and just remember those OPEC Bus Company sponsors at Goldman Sachs who were predicting $200/bbl)?

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Santa Claus is the Quintessential Man

Alison Armstrong | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Santa, Holiday Season, Relationships, Romance, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, North Pole, Santa Claus, Motherhood, Men, Letters to Santa, Christmas Commentary, Love, Featured Contributor, Living News
Alison Armstrong

Like Santa Claus, men are incredibly generous. They have a huge desire to give. The goodness of a person inspires them to give more. Meanness makes them want to give less.

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Christmas Postponed as U.S. Declares War on North Pole

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, War Wire, North Pole, United Nations, AIG Bailout, Iran, Housing Crisis, Dick Cheney, Foreign Policy, Auto Bailout, Nuclear Weapons, Christmas, Santa Claus, Financial Crisis, Climate Change, Israel, Iraq, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

Reports on the threat of Santa and the North Pole have been circulating for several years as attention had initially been drawn to vast joy and hope reserves deep in the Arctic Ocean.

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Obama and McCain: Silent on Climate Change

Betsy Taylor | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Energy Action Coalition, Antarctic Ice Shelf, North Pole, Climate Change, Powervote, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Offshore Drilling, 1sky, Arctic, Drill Baby Drill, Green News
Betsy Taylor

If McCain and Obama don't address the scale and urgency of global warming, on what basis will we insist that they live up to their campaign commitments and to take bold action next year?

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North Pole An 'Island' For First Time In History

Daily Mail | Fiona Macrae | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Crazy Weather, North Pole Island, Extreme Weather, North Pole, Global Warming, Melting Ice North Pole, Green News

The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history. Startling satellite pictures taken three days ago show that melting ice has ...

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Russia's Other Front

Scott G. Borgerson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia Arctic, North Pole, Russia, Greenland, Environmentalism, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, Arctic, Politics News
Scott G. Borgerson

President Bush is right to demand an immediate end to the looting and shooting in Georgia by Russia, but he should also turn his attention to recent aggressive Russian activity in the opening Arctic.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Tar Sands, 2000 Election, Solar Moratorium, Kbr, Bush White House, Antonin Scalia, North Pole, UN Probe Civilian Deaths, Al Gore, Iraqi Oil Ministry, Iraq War Funding, War on Science, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Global Warming, Exxon Valdez, Oregon, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: No Ice North Pole, The Environmentalist, Green News, North Pole Ice, North Pole, Green, Science, Permafrost, Climate Crisis, Methane, Greenhouse Effect, Arctic, Sea Ice, Rising Sea Level, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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North Pole Ice To Disappear Completely This Year: Report

Independent | Steve Connor | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: No Ice North Pole, No Ice North Pole Summer, North Pole Ice, Climate Change, Global Warming, North Pole, Green News

It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year. The disappearanc...

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Where Explorers Go When The World's Been Mapped

moreintelligentlife.com | Joanne Ramos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ben Saunders, North Pole, Living News

The North Pole, the earth's northernmost point, sits not on land but in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. To get there, you must traverse hundreds of mi...

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Elusive Northwest Passage May Open To Shipping As Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks

AP | Jamey Keaten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Canada, Shipping, Global Warming, Arctic, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Home News

Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous ...

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