Mood:  bright

 What beauty.

See Alaskan Alpine Treks dot com for more . Beautiful.

"Very isolated." "Incredibly harsh." "One of the world's most inclement, driest and unforgiving environments."

The Canadian government has taken a major step to create a new national park in the High Arctic and simultaneously ensured almost no tourists will ever want to go there.

Isolated Arctic park unlikely tourist magnet

 Melting of arctic snow reveals ancient hunting artifacts

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/291255

 Polar bears take up rock-climbing to find eggs

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 Well what does one know? It recently rained there. Rain in April is big news for the Arctic. But Russians ? This is news as well.

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-05-01/russian-arctic-extreme-conditions.html 

Posted by mach1231 at 12:59 PM PDT

Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010 5:57 PM PDT

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