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Welcome to Prince Edward Island, Canada In September 1864, Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference, which was the first meeting in the process leading to the Articles of Confederation and the creation of Canada in 1867. Known as the "Garden Province", the island is located in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, east of New Brunswick and north of Nova Scotia from which it is separated by the Northumberland Strait. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown comprises the whole Island and is the second oldest English diocese in Canada. www.hometowncanada.com /pe   (2254 words)

Greenland - Search View - MSN Encarta Danish, the other official language of Greenland, is also used in the schools. Fishing, sealing, and fur trapping are the principal economic activities in Greenland, which must rely on large amounts of financial support from Denmark. Under the new Danish constitution of May 1953, the country became an integral part of the Danish monarchy and obtained representation in the national parliament. encarta.msn.com /text_761561107__1/Greenland.html   (1454 words)

Greenland - MSN Encarta Greenland lies mostly north of the Arctic Circle and is separated from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, on the west, primarily by the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, and from Iceland, on the east, by the Strait of Denmark. The ice cap is thickest near the centre of the island, where the maximum depth is estimated at about 2,440 m (8,000 ft). Danish is also spoken by most of the population, mainly as a second language. uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561107/Greenland.html   (891 words)

Greenland - Search View - MSN Encarta The capital, Nuuk, formerly known as Godthåb (population, 2001 estimate, 14,000), on the south-western coast, is the largest and oldest Danish settlement on the island, having been founded in 1721. Negotiations between the US government and the Danish minister to Washington resulted in a 1941 agreement, granting the United States the right to operate military and meteorological bases; the United States assumed protective custody over Greenland for the duration of World War II, although recognizing Danish sovereignty. Under the new Danish constitution of May 1953, Greenland became an integral part of the Danish monarchy and obtained representation in the national parliament. uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761561107__1/Greenland.html   (1855 words)

Kamchatka: Bering Island The reason for filming on Bering Island was a simple one: The island is part of the Kamchatka Oblast, or political region, and nearly three-quarters of it is a biosphere reserve. Over the next week, the crew ferried themselves to shore, the strong helping the weak and the weak continuing to die from scurvy, a disease owing to the lack of vitamin C in the body, but whose cause was unknown at the time. He was only naturalist to have witnessed Bering Island's wildlife in its natural state and to have examined and described the Steller's sea cow before it became extinct. www.pbs.org /edens/kamchatka/bering.html   (1834 words)

Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Journal - Spring 2004 Danish is renowned to be one of the most difficult languages to pick up: Smørrebrød, Rådhuspladsen, Rødgrød med fløde. Foreigners were easy to pick out of a Danish crowd by how casually they'd toss out a soda bottle; a Dane would swoop by and retrieve that bottle before it ever had a chance to settle. These restrictive standards were supported by Danish Breweries Ltd.--parent company to Carlsberg and Tuborg breweries, and owner of Denmark's sole glass bottling facility--in response to a smaller brewing company's switch to one-way cans. www.earthisland.org /eijournal/new_articles.cfm?articleID=862&journalID=77   (1925 words)

Viking Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) On the island of Rousay in Orkeney, the "Westness Woman" died in her 20’s and was buried with a new-born child. Danish memorial stones confirm that they were erected by rich, powerful families in which women could play a prominent role. This stone has the longest of all Danish runic inscriptions and is part of a monument to Ali, consisting of a stone ship setting and 2 small mounds, with the stone atop one of them. home.att.net /~vikingwomen   (2431 words)

Denmark (08/06)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) The Danish Film Institute, one of the oldest in Scandinavia, offers daily public screenings of Danish and international movies in their original language and plays an active role in the maintenance and restoration of important archival prints. Danish cultural direction differs from other countries with a Ministry of Culture and a stated policy in that special laws govern each cultural field--e.g., the Theater Act of 1990 (as amended) and the Music Law of 1976 (as amended). Danish forces were heavily engaged in the former Yugoslavia in the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR), as well as in NATO's Operation Joint Endeavor/Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IFOR/SFOR) and the Kosovo Force (KFOR). www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm   (5359 words)

Short History of Oregon Chapter 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) His vessel sailed into a passage leading between the mainland and a large island, when Behring discovered that the water was discolored, as though it had been discharged from a large river, the volume indicating the stream to be the water drain of a land of continental proportions. In this way the fur trade of the Pacific began, and before the Russian government was prepared for another expedition this trade had reached considerable proportions. Lying between America and Asia in that latitude was a vast sea of islands, of which the largest was Alaska, with only the channel of Behring’s Straits separating it from the coast of Asia. genealogytrails.com /ore/history/shoiii.html   (563 words)

Fursund Turistforening - Where are you allowed to go hunting? You are allowed to move freely along the beach, on paths and along coastal cliffs — besides in the moler pits when no work is going on. The Danish Coast Protection Act applies to coastal cliffs: loose cement stones on the beach may be flaked — but you are not permitted to dig or hammer on the cliffs. The sea territory on the northern coast of Fur is the beach. www.fursund.dk /page249.asp   (148 words)

Gotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The island province of Gotland is represented by the current administrative entity, Gotland County. The city of Visby and rest of the island were governed separately and a civil war caused by conflicts between the German merchants in Visby and the trading peasants on the countryside had to be put down by King Magnus I of Sweden in 1288. In 1361, Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark invaded the island. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gotland_Island   (1471 words)

OMACL: The Danish History: Introduction: Part I His seven later books are the chief Danish authority for the times which they relate; his first nine, here translated, are a treasure of myth and folk-lore. The poll-tax in the fourteenth century in England was unpopular, because of its seeming to degrade Englishmen to the level of Frenchmen, who paid tribute like vanquished men to their absolute lord, as well as for other reasons connected with the collection of the tax. The old fur tax (mentioned in "Egil's Saga") is here ascribed to FRODE, who makes the Finns pay him, every three years, a car full or sledge full of skins for every ten heads; and extorts one skin per head from the Perms. omacl.org /DanishHistory/introduction1.html   (8482 words)

Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The island's namesake is Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820), the father of Queen Victoria. The island has several nicknames: Epikwetk (Abegweit) which is a Míkmaq word meaning "Cradled in the Waves"; "Garden of the Gulf" referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province and finally "Birthplace of Confederation", referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. Prince Edward Island has a high level of political representation, with 4 Members of Parliament, 4 Senators, 27 Members of the Legislative Assembly, 2 cities, 7 towns and 60 incorporated rural communities (having over 500 municipal councillors and mayors) to give a total of 566 elected officials for a population of 138,307 (as of 2006). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Edward_Island   (2892 words)

About Peary Accompanied by a young Danish official, Peary carried out a three-week long reconnaissance of the Greenland icecap, which brought him 100 miles from the foot of the cap at an elevation of 7500 feet. Eagle Island was bought with the first money he earned after leaving college, and although we did not go there to live until 1904, it is safe to say that from then until his death in 1920, the Island was never long out of my father’s thoughts. At any rate, they brought the pinky safely to her mooring at Eagle Island and there cold, tired and hungry (for they had had no time to prepare meals or even think about them, for twenty-four hours!) they were faced with a new problem. pearyeagleisland.org /aboutpeary.htm   (9522 words)

Fur (island) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fur is a small Danish island in the Limfjord. The island is one of the few places in the world with deposits of the special kind of clay, moler. Fossil chase is a popular activity on the island, and the moler makes it possible to find fossils, which are more than 55 million years old. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fur_(island)   (117 words)

And now the good news - World - www.smh.com.au The Sydney Opera House was hosting an event for the city's Danish community on Friday night at which the wedding would be broadcast live while newspaper editorials raved about Australia's princess-to-be, praising her for her elegance and poise. She was raised in a loving family on Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, studied law and was working at a Sydney real estate agency when she met her prince at a hotel during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The bar is flying the Danish flag, offering free beer to anyone with a Danish passport, and has concocted a list of cocktails in honour of the happy couple with names such as the Great Dane, the Tasmanian Temptress and Something about Mary. www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/05/14/1084289875538.html   (587 words)

FUR SEAL - Online Information article about FUR SEAL FUR SEAL - Online Information article about FUR SEAL fur, and hunters do not seek to obtain them. Falkland Islands up to Lobos Islands at the entrance of the La See also: encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SEAL_FUR.html   (490 words)

(GCR6EN) Fur # 1, Knudeklinterne by Team Houvej Fur er kendt for sit moler, og der findes på øen en betydelig industri, der udnytter dette som råstof. Fur is well known for the moler occurring here. Today moler is processed usually on the island and the moler industri developed to a substantial restaurant factor on the island. www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCR6EN   (849 words)

Alaska Facts Danish explorer, Vitus Bering, first discovered Alaska in 1741 on a voyage from Siberia. Russian whalers and fur traders established the first settlement in Alaska in 1784 on Kodiak Island and later in Sitka. On June 3, 1942 the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor and proceeded to occupy the islands of Attu and Kiska. www.knls.org /English/akfact.htm   (879 words)

North Island Daytrippers - ... The European explorers arrived in 1774 with the discovery of Nootka Island by the Spanish explorer Juan Perez. The fur trading vessels would travel up and down the coast stopping in at various native Indian villages along the coast to trade goods for the highly prized sea otter pelts. Logging, fishing and mining have historically been the lifeblood of the north island but they too are slowly fading, leaving the north island at yet another cross roads. www.islanddaytrippers.com /history.html   (455 words)

SAGA FURS PressRoom Cast as a waif on a deserted island, she gets her first modest role on the silver screen. The materials used in Gilda Hayes America are SAGA FURS® Gold Fox and SAGA FURS® Sapphire Mink, along with silk, luxurious jersey and simple details done in leather. High-waisted skirts and slacks with diagonally-placed leather detailing accentuate the lightness of fur and the vivid characteristics of silk. www.sagafurs.com /press/story.php?story=111&group=15   (316 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wilhelm Wilmers After a brief residence at Bonn and Munster he went to Ordrupshoj, near Copenhagen, where he wrote a refutation of the attacks of the Protestant preacher Martensen on the Catholic Church. It was translated into Danish by the prefect Apostolic Hermann Grüder, and published under the latter's name with the title: "Det protestaniske og katholiske Trosprincip" (Copenhagen, 1875). In 1880 he lectured on theology to the French Jesuits at St. Helier; afterwards he taught theology on the Island of Jersey. www.newadvent.org /cathen/15646b.htm   (297 words)

Sleek Seal Sealskin prices reached an all-time high two weeks ago at the Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ont. Buyers paid an average of $70.80 per pelt, up considerably from the 2003 average of $44.78. Alan Herscovici, the executive vice-president of the Fur Council of Canada, said the ballooning prices reflect the renewed popularity of all fur products. Consumers no longer want heavy fur coats, meaning that mink and beaver pelts are often sheared to reduce their heft. www.furcommission.com /news/newsF08e.htm   (623 words)

What to see It was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon and took almost 15 years to build. Fairy penguins, koalas, Australian fur seals, migrating birds, diving, and spectacular coastal cliffs are just some of the reasons to visit Phillip Island, an easy day trip from Melbourne. Tasmania is an island jewel of unique natural wonders, colonial heritage and friendly people. www.eaustraliahotel.com /what_to_see.cfm   (665 words)

Mors (island) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mors or Morsø is a 367.7 square kilometer large island in a shallow sound called Limfjorden in Denmark. The main city on the island is called Nykøbing Mors. On Mors, and on Fur, a neighbouring island, we find the only underground deposits of moler in the world. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mors_(island)   (239 words)

Neil Williams, Bookseller : Voyages and Exploration Bernier, J E Report of the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the C.G.S. 'Arctic' 1906-1907 Ottawa, C H Parmelee, King's Printer, 1909 ; 127 pp. A biography and a social study of a folklore figure, soldier, fur trader, explorer. Printed from the English Edition of 1568 with the addition, in square brackets, of the long passage omitted form all early editions and most manuscripts and first printed in 1785 from the Cotton Manuscript in the British Museum. www.islandnet.com /~neilw/hakluyt.htm   (1922 words)

Seal Fur Exports He never made much money selling the fur from the seals he and his family ate, but it was enough to buy groceries at the local government store in Illulissat, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle in western Greenland. Hans and other hunters from the settlement stand around smoking next to their battered taxis, waiting to take wealthy tourists from cruise ships to watch the sun set over the icebergs. The rest on this island that is 85 percent covered by ice depend on government subsidies and earnings from Greenland's handful of tourists. www.furcommission.com /resource/perspect995.htm   (919 words)

Underwater Photography Baltic Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Island of Langeland is in the Baltic Sea. Divecenter Langeland is situated in an old picturesque farm house from 1777 on the Danish island of Langeland in Southern Denmark. This is the wreck of Island - another German warship and WW2 casualty. www.underwaterphotography.com /Dive-Travel/Sea.asp?ID=12   (752 words)

HistoryLink Essay: Milestones for Washington State History -- Part 1: Prehistory to 1850 British fur trader Charles W. Barkley enters and names the Strait of Juan de Fuca, believing it to be the Northwest Passage, in 1787. Spanish explorer Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca as far east as the San Juan Islands in 1790 and lands at Neah Bay to secure Spanish claims to the Olympic Peninsula region on August 1, 1790. Fur trader David Thompson explores Pend Oreille River in September and October 1809. www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5366   (1558 words)

fur - OneLook Dictionary Search Fur, fur, fur : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info] Phrases that include fur: fur coat, alaska fur seal, fur hat, all fur coat and no knickers, fun fur, more... Words similar to fur: pelt, furless, furred, furring, sable, stole, more... www.onelook.com /?w=fur&ls=a   (353 words)

Linkuk Although written in Danish the time table for the ferry is found via this link. The ferry route virtually forms a bridge between Fur Island and Denmark with departures every 15 minutes during the day. The Fursund page is in three languages and covers virtually all areas that may be of interest during your stay in the area.........enjoy. www.furstrandhotel.dk /linkuk.htm   (179 words)

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