Writing in the British newspaper The Independent in January 2006, Lovelock argued that, as a result of global warming, " billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable " by the end of the 21st century.

It is hypothesized that the Komsa followed receding glaciers inland from the Arctic coast at the end of the last ice age ( between 11, 000 and 8000 years B. C.

The Aulavik National Park of Canada, a fly-in park, protects about of Arctic lowlands at the northern end of the island.

By the end of the 19th century, Tromsø had become a major Arctic trade center from which many Arctic expeditions originated.

He left through Siberia, travelling north on the River Ob to the Arctic Ocean as part of an expedition led by Russian scientist Innokenty P. Tolmachev, eventually arriving in the US at the end of 1918.

Subsequent spread was ' sideways ' from this fast northwest spread, reaching northeast to north of the Arctic Circle in Norway and east to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and southwest to the Canary Islands and northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt, by the end of the 20th century.

They are spectacular long-distance migrants, following a circular route, travelling north up the western side of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at the end of the nesting season in March – May, reaching sub Arctic waters in June – July where they cross from west to east, then returning south down the eastern side of the oceans in September – October, reaching to the breeding colonies in November.

In its search for perpetual daylight in which to fish, the Arctic tern makes a 19, 000-kilometre journey from one end of the Earth to the other.

Arctic char, isolated in the Wicklow lakes following the end of the last ice age, have been recorded in Lough Dan and the lakes of Glendalough but are now believed extinct.

It is located at the far northwestern end of the archipelago and lies slightly south of the Arctic Cape on Komsomolets Island and is significantly detached from the rest of Severnaya Zemlya relative to the proximity of the other main islands to each other.

In his quest to rescue Lyra, Will meets Iorek Byrnison, the bear king of the armoured Panserbjørne, who are migrating south to avoid the Arctic melt caused by the effects of Lord Asriel's bridge ( created at the end of Northern Lights ).

Siberian Cranes return to the Arctic tundra around the end of April and beginning of May.

The funnel-shaped outline of Hudson and James bays causes birds migrating from the Arctic to concentrate at the southern end of James Bay each autumn, particularly in the late autumn, where the extensive coastal wetlands provide critical staging and moulting areas for migrating Lesser Snow Geese, dabbling ducks and shorebirds such as Red Knot, Short-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, and American Golden Plover.

The expedition was to start at the end of the Arctic Night.

The Commando is a regular participant in the annual Brigade cold weather warfare exercise in Norway, having been the first UK unit to specialise in the mountain and Arctic warfare role during the early 1970s and deployed to Norway on NATO ’ s northern flank most years until the end of the Cold War.

With the Finns stopping their offensive in the south on 17 November too, this marked the end of Operation Arctic Fox.

In the end, Maximus defeated Galvatron, sending him toppling into the Arctic waters, from which he never emerged.

Hinton's aeronautic adventures during the 1920s include exploring the Arctic by balloon, A wayward flight from Rockaway, Queens to Moose Factory, Ontario in the winter causing a month-long hike to civilization, making the first flight from North America to South America ( on the second try — he floated on a wing in shark infested waters off Cuba for a while at the end of the first try ), and exploring the Amazon Rainforest by hydroplane.

The very end of the bowsprit is traditionally painted white on tall ships, unless the ship in question has ventured into either the Arctic or Antarctic circles, in which case it is painted blue ( i. e. bluenose ).

Nevertheless, scientific studies in the 2000s of climate change project that by the end of the 21st century, the annual summer withdrawal of the polar ice cap could expose large areas of the Arctic Ocean as open water, and an ice-free Arctic is possible before 2015 due to Arctic shrinkage.

In the Arctic Adventure Game, " Planet of Death " that was made for all major 8 bit computers in the early 80s, 3-2-1 was a major clue towards the end of the game.

The communist-era state airline, Balkan Airlines, was replaced by Bulgaria Air, for which a private owner was to be selected from among bidders by the end of 2006.

As part of the settlement of a television broadcast rights dispute with Comcast SportsNet over the Washington Nationals, the Orioles severed their Comcast ties at the end of the 2006 season.

Baronius Press's revised edition of the Liturgical Press edition ( which was originally scheduled for publication at the end of 2006 ) was delayed due to numerous factors.

At the end of 2006 a new port for mobile phones in Europe and Japan was released.

At the end of 2006, there were an estimated 150, 000 internally displaced people.

in late-2005, there were at the end of 2006 about 48, 000 refugees from C. A. R.

in late-2005, there were at the end of 2006 about 50, 000 refugees from C. A. R.

Chile's private pension system, with assets worth roughly $ 70 billion at the end of 2006, has been an important source of investment capital for the capital market.

The Government of Chile continues to pay down its foreign debt, with public debt only 3. 9 % of GDP at the end of 2006.

BP, in its 2007 report, estimated at 2006 end that there were 147 years reserves-to-production ratio based on proven coal reserves worldwide.

In the United Kingdom, DSG ( Dixons ), the largest retailer of domestic electronic equipment, reported that CRT models made up 80 – 90 % of the volume of televisions sold at Christmas 2004 and 15 – 20 % a year later, and that they were expected to be less than 5 % at the end of 2006.

Coldcut returned with the single " Everything Is Under Control " at the end of 2005, followed in 2006 by their fifth studio album Sound Mirrors.

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In modern literature, Cockney rhyming slang is used frequently in the novels and short stories of Kim Newman, for instance in the short story collections " The Man from the Diogenes Club " ( 2006 ) and " Secret Files of the Diogenes Club " ( 2007 ), where it is explained at the end of each book.

At the end of 2006, BT ( the UK's former state owned monopoly phone company ) started offering BT Vision, which combines the digital free-to-air standard Freeview through an aerial, and on-demand IPTV, delivered over a BT Broadband connection through the Vision set-top box ( BT have chosen to deploy Microsoft's Mediaroom platform for this.

On 6 December 2006 the Transitional Government came to an end as Joseph Kabila was sworn in as President.

By the end of 2006 The Egyptian Lover went into the studio with Jamie Jupiter and recorded " UFO " and " Futuristic " for Jupiter's new 12 " single ( never released ).

With the Bombers looking towards a new era, it was announced on 27 September that Matthew Lloyd would replace James Hird as Essendon captain for the 2006 season, marking the end of Hird's reign since he took over the captaincy in 1998.

Essendon's other win in the 2006 season was against bitter-rivals ; but this win was significant as it denied Collingwood a top-four finish at the end of the season.

There are 490, 000 internet users ( end 2006 ), representing a penetration of about 2 %.

SGI announced the end of the MIPS / IRIX-based product line in a press release on 6 September 2006.

* Telephones-mobile cellular: At end of 2010, the mobile cellular penetration rate standing at around 67 percent ( 22 percent at end of 2006 ).

By the end of 2006 violence continued as the new Iraqi Government struggled to extend complete security within Iraq.