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POPSTogo and Balto, Dog Heros of the “Great Race of Mercy”
Serum was located in Seattle and flown to Anchorage, then shipped to Nenana, but that was as far as it could go. A relay of dog teams was the answer. It took 5 1/2 days — 127 1/2 hours and 674 miles to get the needed serum to Nome. This was a trip that normally takes 3 weeks. Even though there were 20 musher teams and over 100 dogs, two dogs standout in name and fame, Balto and Togo . Balto was the lead dog of the final relay team with Gunnar Kaasen as musher. Balto was a young dog, and not a speedy racer. If Kaasen had known the storm and blizzard was so bad, he would not have chosen Balto as lead dog. There was such storms, creating new snow, and winds, creating white outs. It was often hard to see the dogs or your hands. Temperatures were often 50 degrees below zero. Balto and Kaasen and the team of dogs arrived February 1, at Safety Shelter, 21 miles from Nome, but the next driver, was sleeping, thinking Kaasen was being held up by the storm.
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POPSancient chinese secret? how is this possible, can you believe this? was he just sitting around one day and said "i'm gonna try and carve tiny people out of dust!"
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POPS2006 International Snow Sculpture Championships The site has many more pictures from previous years, plus a video (which I couldn't clip) showing how they make the blocks for the sculptors. I don't which is more difficult, snow carving or sand carving. But they can both look magnificent!
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POPSChinese Ice Festival Take a look at these wonderful photos of an ice festival in China. They have snow and ice carving/sculpting contests. Looks like a great time.
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POPSThe nature struck Japan snow festival Without the event the budget of Sapporo will be deficit. There is actually so great tourisitic effect on the event! This case shows you that tourism is connected with climate change, even if a little. If domestic economy relies on tourism like Kenya, Maldives and Sierra Leone, the effect must be tremendously huge! :o
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