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- Antarctic wreck survivors land in Chile
- PUNTA ARENAS, Chile AFP — Half of the 154 people who survived the sinking of a cruise ship that hit an iceberg in the freezing waters off Antarctica arrived safely in Chile Saturday. Seventy-seven of those rescued from the scarlet-hulled Explorer cruise liner touched down at 2220 GMT at...
- Research articles 2007-11-24
- Rescued cruiseliner passengers spend night in Antarctica
- SANTIAGO AFP — Rescued passengers from a Canadian-chartered passenger ship received the rare opportunity to spend the night in Antarctica Saturday after their cruiseliner slammed into an iceberg and sank off the frozen continent. All 154 passengers and crew were loaded into lifeboats and taken by another ship to...
- Research articles 2007-11-23
- Iceberg Enterprises LLC Recalls Folding Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
- To: RETAILING EDITORSContact: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, +1-301-504- 7908 WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- His aim: Help NBC dodge 'an iceberg'
- BEVERLY HILLS -- New NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman greeted TV critics here Monday like a whirlwind, using rapid patter to promise swift change. "I want to do it fast and furious," said Silverman, who replaced network chief Kevin Reilly in late May. "It's really hard...
- Research articles 2007-07-17
- Acceptance rates are subject to skewing
- With acceptance rates under 13%, Harvard, Yale and Princeton are indeed extremely selective universities. But looking at just those schools gives a very skewed picture. "When we read stories about how hard a time people are having getting into those very selective institutions, it's not the tip of the iceberg...
- Research articles 2006-11-09
- Iceberg warning for ships in Southern Ocean
- WELLINGTON AFP — An iceberg warning has been issued for ships in the Southern Ocean after more than 100 were sighted just south of New Zealand. "We were surprised by the number of them and by how far north they were," said squadron leader Andy Nielsen, the captain of the...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Penguins illustrate how to conquer change
- Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions By John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber, art by Peter Mueller St. Martin's Press, 147 pages, $19.95 --- At first glance, Our Iceberg Is Melting seems easy to dismiss as an attempt to fuse a few hot topics -- global warming,...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- Alaskan Storm Shattered Antarctic Iceberg"
- CHICAGO, Illinois ENS — --> A severe storm that occurred in the Gulf of Alaska in October 2005 generated an ocean swell that six days later broke apart a giant iceberg floating near the coast of Antarctica, more than 8,300 miles away, researchers said Monday. The research team, led by...
- Research articles 2006-10-03
- Local planners threaten to sink Scotsman's Titanic
- LONDON AFP — The real Titanic was done in by an iceberg. Now a 33-metre (100-foot) replica of the "unsinkable" luxury liner faces an equally tragic end at the hands of local planning authorities. Stan Fraser took six years to build the 1:10 scale model behind his house in Inverness,...
- Research articles 2006-08-24
- Last US Titanic survivor dies
- WASHINGTON AFP — Lillian Asplund, the last remaining US survivor of the sinking of the Titanic 94 years ago, has died, a funeral home in Asplund's home of Worcester, Massachusetts, announced. Asplund, who died Saturday in her home at 99, was on the ill-fated luxury liner with her family...
- Research articles 2006-05-07
- Massive iceberg drifts into backyard of Australian Antarctica station
- SYDNEY AFP — An iceberg over twice the size of Malta has drifted hundreds of kilometres to a position off the coast of Australia's Casey station in Antarctica. Named B15G, the 50-kilometre (31 mile) iceberg is part of a massive ice formation that broke away from the Ross Ice...
- Research articles 2005-05-18
- 'Plumber' Wins Over 'Iceberg' in Ads Designed to Influence Social Security Reform
- FLEMINGTON, N.J. -- A new national survey reveals that more Americans give an emotional "thumbs-up" to the Social Security reform "Plumber" TV spot over the competing "Iceberg" advertisement. However, neither commercial appeared to have a significant impact on public perceptions of President Bush's handling of Social Security reform. The...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- Artist hopes to boost peace by towing iceberg to Titanic birthplace
- BELFAST AFP — An artist said she hoped to jolt Northern Ireland into resurrecting its peace process and self-confidence by towing an iceberg to Belfast, the birthplace of the iceberg-doomed Titanic ocean liner. Artist Rita Duffy said the iceberg would be a symbol of regeneration for Belfast, cooling the...
- Research articles 2005-02-23
- Antarctica: Clash of the ice titans may not happen
- PARIS AFP — An expected smashup between an Antarctic tongue of ice and a country-sized iceberg that is the largest floating object in the world may not take place, the European Space Agency ESA suggested. Polar scientists have been rubbing their hands in expectation of the impending "collision of...
- Research articles 2005-01-19
- Red Cross appeals for 44 million dollars to help quake victims
- GENEVA AFP — The international Red Cross warned that its relief operation for victims of the tidal waves disaster in south Asia had barely reached the "tip of the iceberg", as it appealed for 50 million Swiss francs (44 million dollars, 32 million euros) in aid. "This is the...
- Research articles 2004-12-28
- Iceberg poses no threat to Antarctic personnel; Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on schedule.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 2004-NSF: Iceberg poses no threat to Antarctic personnel; Annual long-range supply effort, icebreaking operations are on scheduleC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12162004 Arlington, Va.-National Science Foundation NSF officials said today that iceberg B-15A is not blocking access to McMurdo...
- Research articles 2004-12-17
- Produce. (Markets).(consumption data and other information)
- Pre-Packaged Salads Growing in Sales, Demand Sales show an increasing demand. The industry predicts bagged lettuce sales will top $2 billion this year, an increase of over 900% from the $197 million in sales in 1993, according to Information Resources Inc. The reason behind...
- Research articles 2002-12-23
- Huge Antarctic icebergs break away near NSF research hub.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2002-US NSF: Huge Antarctic icebergs break away near NSF research hub C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05232002 Two new and very large icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica earlier this month in a natural "calving"...
- Research articles 2002-05-23
- Giant icebergs, unprecedented ice conditions threaten Antarctic penguin colonies.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 December 2001-US NSF: Giant icebergs, unprecedented ice conditions threaten Antarctic penguin colonies C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26122001 Enormous grounded icebergs and an unprecedented amount of sea ice in Antarctica's Ross Sea have nearly isolated one of the continent's...
- Research articles 2001-12-27
- Titanic Tourism Booms in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- By Colin Nickerson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 23--HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--The gamblers hunch before the row of garishly illuminated slot machines, feeding coins in the usual frenzy, hoping their ship will come in by going down. ...
- Research articles 2001-08-23
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