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Business
Missing a Global Climate Target Could Spell Disaster for These Polar Bears
One group in Hudson Bay might have roughly decade left because sea ice is becoming too thin to support them as they hunt, according to new research.
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World
Inside a Navy Submarine Navigating the Arctic
About 115 miles north of Alaska, a U.S. Navy submarine emerges from several feet of thick ice. The Navy’s 68 submarines could be anywhere at any time — patrolling the Arctic and the Persian Gulf, or near Russia, China or North Korea. Their missions ...
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Magazine
Hawaii Locals Recommend Their Favorite Shave Ice Shops
In Hawaii, shops that serve shave ice, domes of pillowy-soft ice slivers doused in colorful syrups, vie for ubiquity with other local staples like poke places or lei stands. And you can count on waiting in line: Part of a shave ice shop’s charm is ...
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World
A Frozen Pond and a New Way to Experience an Ancient Jewish Ritual in Maine
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A Frozen Pond and a New Way to Experience an Ancient Jewish Ritual in Maine Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville. CreditCredit...Tristan Spinski ...
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Politics
Dirty Ice May Be Ugly, but It Has One Advantage
Freezing water with salt or other impurities yields ice that is easier to loosen from a surface, according to a new study.
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Travel
In Alaska, the Rare Thrill of ‘Wild’ Ice Skating
When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
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Magazine
How Shaved Ice Took Over the Dessert Menu
Cold Comfort Food From left: coconut shaved ice with candied basmati puffs at Copra in San Francisco; a parfait made with orange granita, ice cream and crème fraîche whipped cream at Vern’s in Charleston, S.C.Credit...From left: Patricia Chang ...
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Business
Now Hibernating: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Now Hibernating: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream A staple flavor of the ice cream world has fallen out of favor. Credit...Photo Illustration by The New York TimesBy Matt Richtel Reported from ice-cream shops and frozen-food aisles in Boulder, Colo. Feb. 15 ...
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Magazine
Can $500 Million Save This Glacier?
One day in 2016, a British glaciologist named John Moore attended a meeting in Cambridge, England, that included a presentation about a glacier on Greenland’s west coast. Typically referred to by its Danish name, Jakobshavn, but also known by its ...
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World
Firecrackers and Ice: 5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter
Catch a mountain trout on a frozen South Korean river, witness a fiery pelting of devotees in Taiwan or find your cold-weather bliss in a Japanese snow maze.
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