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To: cogitator
All right, already (nag, nag nag) :). click.

"Auyuittuq National Park Auyuittuq means the 'land that never melts'. Auyuittuq is home to the Penny Ice Cap, a 6,000 square kilometre ice cap that is a remnant of the last ice age. This is a park of breathtaking grandeur. Enter through the Pangnirtung Fjord at the entrance to the park. Use the cable crossing across the Weasel River to reach Summit Lake and Glacier Lake which is frozen for most of the year.

The Arctic Circle passes through the park and is marked by an inukshuk that has been in many tourist's photographs. Schwartzenback Falls can be seen off in the distance as you trek towards Mount Thor. Mount Thor is the largest uninterrupted cliff face in the world. It is a popular destination for rock climbers.

Auyuittuq Park is also home to Mount Asgard. This mountain is surrounded by glaciers and only climbable for a short time in the later summer. Mount Asgaard was featured in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me".

27 posted on 05/19/2003 9:01:02 AM PDT by xJones
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To: xJones
FINAL WhereIsIt? REPLY:

Sorry about the confusion, everybody. The WhereIsIt? image from last week was Mt. Thor, in Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Canada. While Mt. Thor is famous among rock-climbers for having the longest stone wall in the world, the region is most famous for Mt. Asgard/ Asgaard, the monolith seen in the image I posted in the replies. In 1976, the film crew for "The Spy Who Loved Me" filmed Rick Sylvester as he performed a ski-to-parachute jump that was used in the opening sequence. Only one of the cameras deployed to get the shot actually worked.

If you haven't seen the movie (perish the thought), you can see a small image as Sylvester glides into the air at the URL below.

The Spy Who Loved Me

When this movie shows up on TV, I always try to see the first 10 minutes, just for this stunt.

30 posted on 05/19/2003 9:18:48 AM PDT by cogitator
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