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Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 9 Nov 18

You probably don't think of the area north of Iceland as a place to have a large earthquake, do you? One happened today. 6.8 is nothing to sneeze at. Fortunately, it happened in the middle of the ocean at the Mid-Atlantic...

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Colder than the North Pole

Joanie @Freelanzer (10782) • Canada 26 Dec 17

It is colder than the North Pole now according to our weather service and will continue for the rest of the week. For the first time this year and on Christmas eve, temperatures plunged and continue to get colder on Christmas Day....

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Why Fly Over the North Pole?

DianneN @DianneN (254926) • United States 3 Nov 17

First, let me say how relieved we are that our newlyweds have arrived safely in Hong Kong, love their beautiful hotel, grabbed a bite to eat, then went to sleep. Their time difference is 12 hours later than ours. I always use...

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Were You Aware?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189865) • Boise, Idaho 1 Apr 17

I had forgotten this and saw something on the Science Channel that reminded me it was around. That is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault located on the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. It is...

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Watching The Polar Express

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 18 Dec 16

The Polar Express has never been one of my favorite Christmas movies, though I do admire the work of Tom Hanks in the movie. So much of the computer graphics served no purpose other than to make the movie more impressive in 3-D....

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What planet has a Hexagon on the north pole and a hurricane on the south pole?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 22 Mar 16

If you guessed Saturn, you guessed right. The planet Saturn has a moon called Titan, which has gases that, when hit by sunlight can create the basic building blocks of life. So why don't we go to Saturn or to one of it's 62...

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World Time Zones: What Do We Know About Them?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 5 Feb 16

The whole world has been divided into 24 time zones. It’s fairly easy to determine the standard time for any time zone in the world. You simply add one hour for each time zone that you count in an easterly direction and subtract...

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why is it said that the arctic and antartic have many features in common?

kirtricks @kirtricks (650) • India 23 Jan 11

why is it said that the arctic and antartic have many features in common?

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First time in 39 years!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 1 Dec 10

This is my 39th Christmas of my married life and of putting up my Christmas decorations. I have been putting up my decorations today, and as I was decorating my outside Christmas tree and making my usual little 'North Pole' in my...

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The Northwest passage

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 28 Sep 10

Most of North America was discovered by Europeans in an effort to find a direct route between Europe and the Orient. Now after 400 years of searching for such a route global warming has made us a true Northwest passage. I guess...

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What Are Your Plans For Today?

KelsieLWade @KelsieLWade (74) 8 Mar 10

I woke up from my bed feeling a little tired and achy. As I turnt my head to the window I could see sunlight trying to escape from my blinds, I smiled thinking 'today is going to be a beautiful day!' I opened the window, and for a...

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Global Warming

PRAMBANAN @PRAMBANAN (96) • Indonesia 20 Jan 10

As we know that the most recently temperature is getting hottest all around the world. It is may be caused by the deforestation , vehicles and factory smoke, and other materials which can make holes on the ozon layers. How should...

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Is Santa Claus for real..

sammy14 @sammy14 (834) • Philippines 17 Dec 09

As a child I always relish the thought of seeing Santa riding on his sled while being pulled by reindeers from the North pole.. the thought of receiving gifts from him.. In a way this made me a good boy during those times...

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Environmental Tilt?

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 13 Sep 08

The North Pole is loosing ice every year. The South Pole's ice cap is getting bigger. Some people are saying that will send our 'wobble' off balance. Our 'wobble' is Earth's daily night to day spin as she rotates about the sun in...

Is it right that south pole is going to melt???

az03r4 @az03r4 (913) • Indonesia 28 May 08

I read it on my local newspaper that most of ice in south pole is going to melt because of impact of global warming... Oh, can't you what will come to us if it happen? Hye you, come here and discuss it with...

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North Pole Could Be Ice Free in 2008

icyorchid @icyorchid (2564) • United States 27 Apr 08

You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility. "The set-up for...

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Cruel letters from North Pole

APasserBy @LittleMel (8742) • Canada 16 Dec 07

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=5501771&ch=222562 I was going to post this the day I saw it on yahoo news, but didn't get to do it until now. Someone in Canada Post has been sending cruel...

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Christmas internet fun!!!

simplyshawn @simplyshawn (650) • United States 7 Nov 07

Check out this website www.northpole.com Lots of fun things to do for parents and kids. Just wanted to pass to along to all of you. I hope you have fun with it. Just found it myself. Happy Holidays!!!

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Global heating.

apsara60 @apsara60 (6609) • Israel 5 Feb 07

What do you think about the melting of snow at North pole. Does it sound scary. What exactly do you think caused this unexpected change.

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Have you been in North Pole?

bovirada @bovirada (33) • Philippines 4 Feb 07

I wonder how it is in North Pole....Have you been there?What's it like?Never been there?Do you have a dream of getting there?

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