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Helmcken Falls

Helmcken Falls In British Columbia’s Cariboo Mountains, a glacier feeds the Murtle River, which meanders just 11 miles before it empties into its namesake lake and then becomes the Clearwater River. In less than a dozen miles, the Murlte carved six waterfalls over the eons, perhaps none more spectacular than Helmcken Falls. This picturesque location is […]

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Candle Ice

Candle Ice Thanks to its molecular makeup, water forms a hexagonal, crystalline structure when it becomes ice. Since ice is less dense than water, it floats. Not only is this great for drinks, but it also keeps large bodies from freezing from the bottom up. This attribute allows for a rather obvious but perhaps unpondered

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Ice Spikes

Ice Spikes If You love dessert, specifically ice cream You want to control your caloric or macro-nutrient intake You like saving money in the long-run You want to revolutionize your life do yourself a favor and consider purchasing a Ninja Creami. This device can turn nearly any ingredient into ice cream, frozen yogurt, slushies, Italian ice,

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Hair Ice/Frost Beard

Hair Ice/Frost Beard Documentarian Ken Burns called the National Parks “America’s Best Idea.” The splendor conserved within the boundaries of the park system features some of the planet’s greatest scenery. The humans who serve within the National Park Service also deserve plaudits. They oversee the pragmatics of the units and contain a wealth of knowledge to share

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Cat-Ice

Cat-Ice Most topics we explore in this project have a significant background of research. Some subjects have such an extensive knowledge base that distilling them into a readable chunk is a laborious exercise in curation. Periodically, an issue pops up with scant information on the internet. This occurrence is a modern rarity; at this point,

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Ice Balls & Ice Volcanoes

Ice Balls & Ice Volcanoes Here in the northern hemisphere, we are in the last weeks of Meteorological Winter (Astronomical Winter still has exactly one full month until the Vernal Equinox pulls us into spring). When big cold and big lakes combine sometimes unusual phenomena arise. The Great Lakes of the United States and Canada are

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