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SASQUATCH
09-20-2007, 06:41 PM
Shorter for ships traveling between Europe and Asia, allowing them to avoid the Panama Canal. Doh!
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070914_northwest_passage.html

Caged Anger
09-21-2007, 03:22 AM
saw this, very interesting

they get all worked up about it, but the truth is that records are very short term in that area...who knows if this has happened before

SASQUATCH
09-21-2007, 07:57 AM
Some Scientist believe earth was covered with Ice Seven hundred million years ago. It's been a while since I read it and watch a special on it.
Here is a link with some info on it.

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/09.17/EarthWasComplet.html