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  Arctic - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Arctic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The 10°C (50°F) July isotherm is commonly used to define the border of the Arctic region.
The name Arctic comes from the ancient Greek αρκτος, meaning 'bear', and is a reference to the constellations of the Great Bear and Little Bear, which are located near the North Star (which is actually part of the Little Bear).
During the Cold War, the Arctic region was extensively monitored by the United States military, since it was the opinion of the said military that the first warnings of a Soviet Union nuclear strike would have been indicated by ICBMs launched over the North Pole towards the United States.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Arctic.html   (355 words)

  
 Ice cream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to legend, at the World's Fair an ice cream seller had run out of clean dishes, so he couldn't sell any more ice cream.
Next door to the ice cream booth was the waffle booth; the waffle maker offered to make cones by rolling up his waffles; the new product became extremely popular at the fair and was widely copied by other vendors.
Adding liquid nitrogen with the rest of the ingredients and stirring vigorously produces a very smooth ice cream.
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 Reviews of Recommended History Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He was also a staff scribe at Newsweek (which was cool) and a Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone (which surprisingly, was not).
The author of Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band, he is no stranger to traveling with his subjects for years on end in order to write about them.
He commanded two ships in World War I, for which he was decorated, sailed with Shackleton again in 1921, and in 1925 was the joint leader of the British Arctic Exploration.
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