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11 Apr 2006: The total indigenous population of the region is 3526. In the middle of the 19th century, there were 3,500 Nivkhi alone, according to Anton Chekhov’s book ‘Sakhalin Island’. ... Therefore in the annual SIMDP budget, 50-55% was allocated to the

bear marooned on an iceberg, caught out by the warming sea temperatures and therefore cut adrift in the middle of the ocean on an ever diminishing iceberg. ... Now that the Arctic is again becoming a place of economic interest, as melting sea ice makes

11 Apr 2006: lands, traditional ways of life, and economic activities1. Liudmilla Alferova2Vice President of the Association of Khanty and Mansi ‘Save the Yugra’. ... they carry out their economic activities, and also their right to priority use of natural

the pursuit of economic resources. ... Learn about experiments in Antarctica to test space suits for use on other planets, and how human adaptation to the extreme conditions at the Poles are an analogue to the challenges

A middle course was struck which gave a general proportion agreeable to all, and at the same time suited the total quantities of the various articles carried. ... At any rate we can now hold that our system of clothing has come through a severer test

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Light relief, part 3: screen test. ... After a lot of discussion, we agreed unanimously that the best film was the one in the middle (the white, frosted one) – phew!

It was a test of our endurance on the march and our fitness with small supper. ... middle glacier depot.

somewhere that could charitably be described as the middle of nowhere isn’t simple. ... It just gets better. We also have to buy and test all the equipment, as well as buying all our own personal gear.

7 Aug 2014: In late January I returned to Europe for a week, where I was an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, on the subject of ‘Ice and Environmental ... We welcome Sophie Barnett to the General Office team, and Sarah Middle as

Meares and Wilson went ahead of the ponies to test the track. ... His and the next pony got across, but the third made a jump at the edge and sank to its stomach in the middle.