Almost a half-decade ago, when Joe Redington Sr. and Dorothy Page, bemoaning that snow-mobiles were replacing dog-sleds, decided to start a race to honor the Alaskan tradition. Many years later, it is a big dog-sled race. The winner of this race recieves I think 1 million in prize money.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Mount Everest
Thursday, December 11, 2008
December 17, 1903
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Chunnel
The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche), also known by the portmanteau Chunnel[1], is a 50.5 km (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m (250 ft) deep.[2] It has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although Japan's Seikan Tunnel is longer overall at 53.85 km (33.5 mi) and reaches a depth of 240 m (790 ft).
The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, Eurotunnel ro-ro vehicle transport and international rail freight trains. In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, Eurotunnel ro-ro vehicle transport and international rail freight trains. In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Space Shuttle News

Space shuttles Endeavor has landed in California on the last day of November after some bad weather at the main Florida landing site. Also...wait...what? They have something that can convert urine into into water? Uhh....Cool? Also, they repaired their solar-wing joint. In their mission they remodeled the space station and doubled its crew capacity to six.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Jules the Robot
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