Ocean Voyagers Seek Hidden Secrets Beneath Waves
Woods Hole scientists lead an International Geophysical Year effort with 75 ships to map deep seas and study ocean currents, winds, and climate links. Echo soundings reveal the Atlantic ridge and Tonga Kermadec trench, while cores and samples trace past climates and marine life evolution for thousands of years.
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Nature
AP News
Ed Gunder
IGY
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Pacific
Atlantic
mid-Atlantic
Samoa
New Zealand
New York
Kansas City
Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Lamont Geological Observatory
L. V. Worthington
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
North Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Expanding List of National Parks and Monuments Grows
The National Geographic Society notes nine new national parks monuments and historic sites added in three years, bringing total federally managed sites to nearly 200. Highlights include Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah and Vancouver National Monument in Washington, with others at Cumberland Gap, Edison Laboratory National Monument, Independence National Historical Park, Chimney Rock, Fort Union, and St John Virgin Islands.
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Pacific Northwest
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Utah
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Vancouver National Monument
Vancouver
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Rockies
Canada
United States
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Fort Vancouver
John McLoughlin
McLoughlin
Northwest
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Kentucky
Gap
Virginia
Tennessee
Thomas Edison
West Orange
N. J
Glenmont
Edison Laboratory National Monument
Independence National Historical Park
Philadelphia
Chimney Rock
Nebraska
Fort Union
New Mexiico
St. John
Independence Hall
North Platte River
Fort Union and St John Island in new national reservations
Fort Union guards the Santa Fe Trail and served as a Civil War Union bulwark blocking Confederate access to Colorado's silver mines. St John Island preserves pre-Columbian Indian history and European colonial rivalries, highlighting its unique place among park areas with a storied past.
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St. John Island
Fort Union
American Southwest
Colorado
St. John
Europe
Mail sorting becomes major project after train hits sack
Shredded mail in Berthold North Dakota after a train ran over a mail sack creating a major sorting challenge for local post workers. The incident disrupted mail handling as personnel sorted through torn envelopes and contents.
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North Dakota
Island Park Preserves 1733 Revolt Era Plantations
The Virgin Islands National Park spans about three quarters of a 12 000 acre island. Moldy forts and ruined plantations are now green with flowering growth. Wildlife thrives as a naturalist paradise. Temperatures range from 65 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Virgin Islands National Park
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