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Icebergs target New Zealand
Hundreds upon hundreds of menacing chunks of ice are headed straight for innocent New Zealand--a country that couldn't hurt a fly even if it had flyswatters for hands. Shipping companies haven't been this fretful since the pirate times of . . . this summer, while the Antarctic tourist industry is rubbing its palms like Mr. Burns. But is it news? Probably not. It's springtime for icebergs in Antarctica. Also, Icebergs happen. The real concern is that icebergs are evolving into a major tourist attraction, right up there with sharks and poor people. Every year, more and more tourists are pouring into the polar regions and getting stuck in the ice or struck by the ice. Which reminds me of this movie I saw once where the largest cruise ship in the world (at the time) ran into an iceberg right after dinner and the hot guy drowned. Consider yourself warned: if you play with ice, you're gonna get
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