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March/April 2006

FEATURES

SCIENCE
Titanic ice
Ninety-four years after the world's most famous collision, scientists in St. John's are helping ships deal with the perils of Iceberg Alley
By Wayne Curtis

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
CG In-depth: On ice
Lumbering giants born from glacial parents, icebergs can chill our hearts with fear and awe, but they can also help us understand the past as well as the future.

WILDLIFE
Dance of the dunlins
Eleven seasons of patient observation reveal how shorebirds choreograph their flights with the tides to evade the clutches of killer falcons
By Dick Dekker

TRANSPORTATION
Off the rails
Why the string of train derailments last year? The more rail cars, the trickier the driving, explains a veteran trainman
By C. J. Conway

ADVENTURE
Being caribou
A biologist groom and his filmmaker bride become engaged with a caribou herd's ancient cycle of life
Story and photography by Karsten Heuer


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DEPARTMENTS

The inside story
Flight of the navigator, Learning by listening to nature, Carving a path to Voisey's Bay, What does geography mean to you?

Editor’s notebook
Freight train coming

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Music to some ears, Any requests? More mining matters

Discovery
The wreck of the Klondike I, Fly catchers, Mount Trudeau redux, Fort eco-friendly, You say climate change, Land of French opportunity, Giant toxicle, Welcome to Canada, Senegal, On U.S. time, New cleanup crew

Explorer
Churchill is not just the polar bear capital of the world but also the site of an annual spectacle of whale song and dance
By Glen Petrie with photography by Mike Macri
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À la carte
With petroleum prices soaring, oil producers are taking a virtual look underground to squeeze the most out of their reserves
By Jodi Di Menna and Steven Fick

Reviews
The unknown explorer, Unfamiliar territory

On the horizon
Toronto vision

Mosaic
Home is where the art is
Photography by Brian Atkinson

In Habitat
Dad the barbarian
By Donna Morrissey







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