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Hudson Bay

(Encyclopedia) Hudson Bay, inland sea of North America, c.475,000 sq mi (1,230,000 sq km), c.850 mi (1,370 km) long and c.650 mi (1,050 km) wide, E central Canada. Hudson Bay and James Bay (its…

Agassiz, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Agassiz, LakeAgassiz, Lakeăgˈəsē [key], glacial lake of the Pleistocene epoch, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, 250 mi (400 km) wide, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet…

Ross Sea

(Encyclopedia) Ross Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean, Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, a British explorer. Ross Island with Mt.…

Arctic Ocean

(Encyclopedia) Arctic Ocean, the smallest ocean, c.5,400,000 sq mi (13,986,000 sq km), located entirely within the Arctic Circle and occupying the region around the North Pole. The Arctic basin was…

oasis

(Encyclopedia) oasisoasisōāˈsĭs [key], an area within a desert where the water table reaches the surface, with enough moisture to permit the growth of vegetation. The water may come up to the surface…

Anne Bradstreet: Middle Age

Middle Age Childhood and youth forgot, sometimes I've seen, And now am grown more staid that have been green, What they have done, the same was done by me: As was their praise, or shame, so…

Anne Bradstreet: Old Age

Old Age   What you have been, ev'n such have I before, And all you say, say I, and something more. Babe's innocence, Youth's wildness I have seen, And in perplexed Middle-age have been,…

Walt Whitman: To Old Age

To Old AgeI see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours in the great sea.

The Celtic Twilight: The Golden Age

by W. B. Yeats Our Lady of the HillsA Remonstrance with Scotsmen f...The Golden Age A while ago I was in the train, and getting near Sligo. The last time I had been there something was…

Tommie Agee 2001 Deaths

Tommie AgeeAge: 58 N.Y. Mets center fielder best remembered for his two spectacular catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series to preserve a 5-0 victory en route to a 4-1 series upset of…