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I think we are all talking about the same crossing, hwy 89 on the US side, 2 on the Alberta side. See posts 168 and 174. paulj

Is the kind of thing you have in mind: http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-Retractable-Sync-Charge-Cable/dp/B000CSDDP4/ref=sr_1_136/103-2350020-2559010?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1174623482&sr=1-136 It appears to be a 12v plug with a usb socket, and cable with usb plug and device specific plug...

They made a mistake in creating the link on the blog - or in naming the file. The blog uses '...JPG', the file name has '...jpg'. paulj

The backing plates are a good idea. The inside of the lid felt fragile, as though it was chopped strand fiberglass over a foam core. When ever I got on the open lid without the mattress in place, I had to keep my weight distributed. I'd hear some cracking or crinkling if I put much weight on...

If I recall correctly the spacing between the hardpoints is something like 4 ft, which gives good support for boats, but is too far for many other attachments. Even using the hardpoints, I offset the bar ends. The overhang on the passenger side was just an inch or two, so they did not touch...

The blog talks of stopping in Missoula, and traveling along the Flathead, and on to Calgary. They probably crossed the Rockies via US2, and the border via US89/Ab 2. This is more remote than the main I15 crossing. The US93 crossing into BC would have more mountains in the background. The...

I made my own bar holders from 1 1/2" angle aluminum. For each 'foot' I cut two lengths of angle about 1 1/2" long, overlapped them to make a U, drilled a hole through the base of U, and then through the hardpoint on the Wildernest. I probably used a 3/8" bolt to secure this bracket to the...

Since I don't recall much about coming ice age warnings in the 70s - even though I was in college at the time - I did a Google search on 'coming ice age 1970', and came up with quite a few items. There's a wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling and Real Climate article...

So one exception has been mentioned, any more? I recall one other exception (from a glaciology gather several year ago), Taku Glacier south of Juneau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku_Glacier http://www.nichols.edu/departments/Glacier/juneau%20icefield.htm Lets say someone claimed that Toyotas...

So Hubbard Glacier advanced in 1996 and 2002, threatening to dam an inlet and form a 'Lake Russell'. As best I can tell, it hasn't surged since then. The Google Earth image looks similar to the image in the 2003 paper. I can't find any news of a further advance. Apart from disproving any...

The greenhouse gas theory can be traced back to 1900, when Svante Arrhenius proposed the idea that an increase in CO2 could produce warming. Being a resident of cold Sweden he thought that was a good idea. I don't recall much about the warnings in the 70s about impending ice age. There, of...

The fact that tidewater glaciers march to their own drummer is well known among glaciologists. That was a common topic when I studied the subject in the 1990s. I was hearing about those glaciers from the same scientists who were worried about the retreat of many other glaciers. As your quote...

I don't quite see how GW is loosing you places to visit. Not many islands have been drowned by rising sea levels, yet. It is still possible to drive ice roads, and even if they melt out earlier, you can still visit those areas by boat. Retreating glaciers have exposed new land for you to...

There are some indepth reactions to this 'swindle' on Realclimate. http://www.realclimate.org/

I'd suggest a web search on regulations and the possibility of kayak tours. The new regulations might apply most to unguided use of kayaks from private and tour boats. Exploration by foot is also restricted, in some cases limited to guided groups on existing paths. A kayak makes less noise...

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My dad gave me one of those astro-compasses when I was a kid, around junior high. I fiddled around with, lining it up with the earth's axis, sighting the sun etc. At the time we were living close to the equator, so the main axis of the compass was nearly horizontal. When I moved on to college...

RVers, when they want to camp on the cheap, use the parking lot of stores like Walmart. However, there has been a lot of talk (on RV.net) about one of those provinces, New Brunswick I believe, banning that type of camping. Supposedly this was at the behest of commercial campground owners, who...

I haven't look at trans-lab web sites in a while, but my impression is that the ferry situation varies from year to year, particular the run to Goosebay. They have been extended the road north along the coast of Labrador, so the south end of the ferry run can change with the road progress...

The pull-pal reminds me of a Bruce anchor that can be disassembled for storage. http://www.bruceanchor.co.uk/cast.htm