Kit Harington it tired of being told to “gut chickens” for Game of Thrones. The British actor portrays Jon Snow in the smash hit sci-fi series.
Harington sick of gutting chickens
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Danger from Melting Snow: California’s Rivers Go Wild
When Marcia Rasmussen set out for a spring run on the trails of Sequoia National Park last week, it felt like just another season of backcountry training. But it hadn’t been just another winter
THE NATIONS: Captain of the Crags
Down from the rocky ridges and snow-choked gullies the guerrillas straggled last week. Some were barefoot, some wore slabs of leather tied about their feet with string
Afghanistan Snow Leopard Death: NATO Can’t Save Rare Cat
In a valley high in the Wakhan Mountains of Afghanistan, a hunter several weeks ago waded through snowdrifts to check his traps and found that he had snared one of the rarest creatures alive: a snow leopard. If a naturalist had seen the leopard, he or she would have focused on its snowy fur with black, half-moon markings and its white goatee
English gets millionth word on Wednesday, site says
English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created. The site estimates the millionth English word, “Web 2.0” was added to the language Wednesday at 5:22 a.m. ET
English getting its millionth word Wednesday?
English contains more words than any other other language on the planet and will add its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created.
On ‘nakation,’ forget worries and clothes
There’s something about being naked that makes a person forget a layoff, pay cut or a shrunken retirement account. At least that’s how the promoters of nude travel see it
Sweden’s Icehotel the ultimate place to chill
I’ve never been a fan of the cold.
Team battles Arctic winter to measure melting ice caps
It could be the ultimate test of human endurance: Three British explorers are risking their lives in subzero temperatures to measure the melting Arctic ice cap. The team is on a three-month, 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) hike to their final destination at the North Pole. Along the way, taking precise measurements to determine exactly how fast the ice cap is disappearing.
America’s Ski Resorts: Saved by the Snow
The early-March snowstorm that creamed the Eastern seaboard largely missed Vermont’s big skiing areas. But resort operators were delighted nevertheless, because the storm whetted the appetite of all those coastal skiers. The industry calls it the “backyard syndrome,” and it can either feed or starve the sport in a given year.