Re: The Fur country, or 70 degrees north lattitude
Sidney,
Could you be a little more specific?
Mike Duke
11/4/00 8:23:32 PM, "Norm Wolcott" <nwolcott~at~kreative.net> wrote:
>A recent article in the New York Times revealed that global
warming has
>reduced the ice season in Hudson's Bay to 7 months a year, (from a
former 9)
>and that international shipping is now using the port at Fort
Churchill for
>5 months a year. This balmy clime is somewhat different from that
described
>in the above book! I have also heard that farmers in
Manitoba/Saskatchewan
>now grow two crops per year due to the extended season.
>Norman M. Wolcott, nwolcott~at~kreative.net
>
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Received on Sun 12 Nov 2000 - 18:02:55 IST