Frozen warriors

Article Abstract:

Ikaite crystals are mineral formations in the form of stalagmites that are found only in the Ikka fjord in southwest Greenland. Inuit legends say these crystals are the remains of invaders who died in the fjord's icy waters. However, expeditions to the Ikka fjord by various groups report that ikaites are rock formations that grow over the old bodies of igneous bedrocks called syenite as a result of the interaction of the fjord's underwater springs issued from the sea bed and waters, groundwater pressure and extremely low temperature. It is suggested that these crystals were formed during a period when the temperature was much colder than it is today.

Research, Greenland, Minerals, Minerals (Geology), Rocks, Rocks, Crystalline, Fjords

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Bar, none: with many neighborhood watering holes shutting down, where do you find people who actually live on the block?

Article Abstract:

A writer remembers when he was a young man of twenty, how he used the myriad New York City neighborhood bars as rest stops, thrist quenchers and places to soak up atmosphere for his writing. Now the winos are called homeless people, and the bars that tolerated them, and the writer, are no more.

Column, Bars, saloons, etc., Bars (Drinking establishments), Appreciation, New York, New York

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Galileo's universe: in the footsteps of the great scientist, from Pisa, his birthplace, to Rome, where he was tried for heresy

Article Abstract:

Italy, home of famed the famed 16th century scientist and astronomer Galileo, provides visitors with many wondrous sites. He was born in Pisa, and lived in Padua, Venice, Florence and Rome. A visit to the cities in which he lived traces his life.

Italy, Description and travel

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