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Posted on 04/04/2006 10:59:21 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
I suppose we all have our Bering to Cross...
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:25:26 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle)
To: vollmond
This certainly is "proof of concept" of the Bering Strait migration for American Indians.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:28:13 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Dead Dog
so much for the land bridge Exactly. Even with 'global warming' it appears a crossing is 'fair game' any winter, with or without an ice age.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:32:37 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: null and void
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:41:33 AM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: doc30
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:46:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle)
To: SmithL
It took them 15 days to walk the 56 miles from Alaska to Russian territory. What a couple of weaklings. This should have been a two-three day march at MOST.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:55:47 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Every man must be tempted, sometimes,to hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.)
To: Plutarch
Helmet cam..... hahaha
Life on Free Rebublic is fantastic.
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posted on
04/04/2006 11:59:39 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
To: SmithL
Cool! That's what I call a Great Adventure.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:01:24 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: MeanWestTexan
AAARGH! Worst pun of the day!
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:03:11 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: Centurion2000
What a couple of weaklings. This should have been a two-three day march at MOST. Your mission, should you choose to accept it ...
Or perhaps you were being sarcastic?
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:03:48 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Palladin; null and void
Sorry--that was a response to #21.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:04:01 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: Palladin
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:08:08 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle)
To: Centurion2000
Fifteen days does seem a bit long even when you consider the heaved and broken condition of the pack ice. Must have had to do quite a bit of cutting back and forth and probably covered much more than the straight line 56 miles. However, they are really damn lucky not to have been attacked and eaten by polar bears. Several previous attempts have been turned back after encountering them.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:23:29 PM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
(If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense!)
To: ArrogantBustard
Not sarcastic at all ....
4mph walking for 8 hours is 32 miles.
3mph walking for 8 hours is 24 miles.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:25:28 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Every man must be tempted, sometimes,to hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.)
To: Captain Rhino
Luckily for them, the polar bears are all stranded on small ice floes, at least according to the photos publicized by the Anthropogenic Global Warming lobby...
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:32:42 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: Zeppo
These folks needed Cynthia McKinney with them to get past the security.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:35:33 PM PDT
by
mwl1
To: Centurion2000
I understand your point. BUT: Sea ice is a heaved, broken, shifting nightmare, particularly so in the Bering Sea. Leads can open unexpectedly, for no obvious reason, and force lengthy detours. The weather is brutal, and whiteout conditions are common. The day is short.
I'm not about to second-guess them. I'm not an expert on Arctic operations; I've had colleagues who are. Everything takes 'way longer, and is immensely harder to do up (down) there.
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:37:09 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: All
How many armies do you get for taking Kamchatka?
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posted on
04/04/2006 12:42:32 PM PDT
by
johnny7
(“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
To: null and void
>>
I suppose we all have our Bering to Cross...
<<
DING! DING! DING! You win today's prize for best pun!
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posted on
04/04/2006 2:34:27 PM PDT
by
noblejones
(Ben Stein for President, 2008.)
To: Centurion2000
they don't walk in a straight line my dear chap. The ice sheet is not continuous so they had to zigzag -- quintuple the distance at least in treacherous conditions. They often would have been clambering up sheer cliffs of ice as well.
This is the first recorded case of anyone crossing the Strait from east to west -- an astonishing feat that we should laud, not sneer at.
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