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Winter in Alaska: Yukigassen brings team snowball fighting competition to Fur Rondy (video)
Feb 28th, 2011 at 12:00PM: In the spirit of journeying during periods less traveled, I've embarked to Alaska this winter. Follow the adventures here, and prepare to have your preconceived notions destroyed along the way.
A vicious, vicious Yukigassen match at the 2011 Fur Rondy Festival
It's late February in Alaska, and that can only mean one thing: Fur Rendezvous. 2011 marks the 76th year that this extravaganza ...
Photo of the day - Harbin Ice And Snow Festival, China
Feb 24th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Today's Photo of the Day comes from Harbin, China's annual Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival. The festival starts in January and lasts about a month, or as long as the temperatures stay low enough not to melt the huge sculptures and buildings. Flickr user Bernard-SD took the shot on a -28C night. Sculptures are made with hi-tech methods like lasers, as well as lo-tech methods like lanterns ...Cockpit Chronicles: Airline de-icing
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 9:00AM: Not only does the frosty precipitation add weight to an aircraft, but it also disrupts the flow of air over the wings and tail and can cause an accident if the circumstances are just right. The FAA and NASA have gone through great lengths to teach pilots about the adverse effects that snow and ice can have on an airplane.
But the most important lesson pilots learned from was from the infamous ...Video: Extreme snow removal from around the world!
Feb 10th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
While the majority of us think back to the past couple of weeks, and have nightmares about removing 20 inches of snow, some winter states and countries deal with the kind of snow that requires really major equipment to clear the roads and rails. We've collected some clips of extreme snow removal, which should make cleaning a couple of inches off your car seem like a walk in the park.
In the ...
Behind the scenes: Removing snow at O'Hare international airport
Feb 4th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
Flying to or through an airport that gets hit with a lot of snow is a major hassle - if you managed to actually make it to the airport, you'll probably end up spending a night in a hotel while your airline waits get its planes dug out of the snow.
But as much as we complain, an entire army of snow removal teams have to work behind the scenes to make the airport usable again - and we've ...A travel guide to the 2011 Oscar movies
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 4:00PM: The 83rd annual Academy Awards are coming up in a few weeks and the Oscars race is on. This year's nominations contained few surprises, with many nods for Brit period piece The King's Speech, Facebook biopic The Social Network, and headtrip Inception. While 2010's ultimate travel blockbuster Eat, Pray, Love failed to made the cut, there's still plenty to inspire wanderlust among the Best Picture ...Travel How-to: Road trip through Glacier National Park in the winter
Jan 30th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Here at Gadling, we're big fans of visiting National Parks in the off-season. There are fewer crowds, less headaches and more chances to enjoy the natural aspects that made these magnificent places so spectacular to begin with. The only trouble is the weather. Generally speaking, many of the United States' National Parks partially shut down when Old Man Winter shows up, driving away a good deal ...Winners of the "Ultimate Mountain Gig" contest announced
Jan 21st, 2011 at 8:00AM: The Canyons ski resort announced the winners of their Ultimate Mountain Gig contest earlier this week, selecting not one, but two, applicants to fill the role as their official ambassadors for the remainder of the 2011 ski season. The contest, which was announced last September, gave skiers and snowboarders an opportunity to compete for a job that offered $40k in salary, a full season ski pass, ...Wear a bathing suit, get a free lift ticket at the Canyons ski resort
Jan 20th, 2011 at 8:30AM: The Canyons ski resort, located not far from Park City, Utah, opens another portion of their multi-million dollar renovation project today when they unveil their new Ski Beach gathering area, complete with deck chairs and lifeguard stands. To commemorate the opening, they're also offering free lift tickets to anyone who shows up to the event wearing their bathing suit.
Over the past few months, ...49 of 50 U.S. states have snow
Jan 13th, 2011 at 8:00AM: With ferocious blizzards pounding the East Coast, and a number of other storms blowing across the western U.S. and plains states, the country now has the presence of snow in 49 of the 50 states. An arctic blast rolled across the country earlier this week, sending temperatures falling in southern states that normally are spared winter's wraith. Only Florida remains free of snow at the moment.
...Goby.com names top New England ski resorts to brave the winter storm warnings
Jan 10th, 2011 at 2:30PM:
There's another massive snowstorm heading up the east coast and making its way to Boston, Providence, Nashua and beyond. As the storms get worse, the New Englanders get daring. What better excuse to brave the slopes than with a fresh few feet of snow at a favorite ski resort?
Goby.com, a travel and events search engine, pulled together a list of the top ski resorts in New England. Our ...Appreciating Winter in West Virginia
Jan 5th, 2011 at 2:30PM: West Virginia is about as Appalachia as Appalachia gets. For those of you who don't know, Appalachia isn't just a mountain range... it's an adjective that describes the culture of this sliver of a region in the USA. And of all the states the Appalachian Mountains pass through, West Virginia is the only one enveloped completely by these rolling hills. It's a small state. It borders several other ...Photo of the Day (12.27.10)
Dec 27th, 2010 at 6:30PM:
Well, Americans from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic up through New England are still digging themselves out from this weekend's delightful little flurry of snow. While some people think that snow is nothing but a nuisance, others relish the chance to play in the white stuff. Snow days aren't just for kids.
Our very own Gadlinger Darren Murph snapped this photo while snowmobiling in ...SkyMall Monday: The Wovel
Dec 27th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Here on the East Coast, SkyMall Monday headquarters is being bombarded by a blizzard. Thankfully, our New York City location means that we don't have to do any of the shoveling. However, for millions of people who have to keep their driveways, walking paths, sidewalks and outdoor dance floors clean and snow-free, storms like this create hours of backbreaking labor. Shoveling snow can cause back ...Bad weather continues to delay travel in Europe
Dec 23rd, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Snow and ice have been causing travel delays in Western and Northern Europe since last weekend, and another round of chilly weather is causing new trouble, the BBC reports.
Parts of Germany got inundated with freezing rain last night and today and some roads are covered in up to 2 centimeters (almost an inch) of ice. This has caused numerous accidents, although thankfully nobody has been ...Europe flights still delayed as airports try to catch up
Dec 22nd, 2010 at 8:15AM: Thousands of travelers in Europe still don't know if they'll be home for Christmas as airports struggle to deal with a huge backlog of flights. Unusually heavy snowfall in Northern Europe led to cancellations in several countries. London's Heathrow airport was hardest hit. BBC reports that the UK Army offered to help, but Heathrow refused.
The world's busiest airport is only running at 30 ...Snow continues to disrupt Europe flights and trains
Dec 21st, 2010 at 9:30AM: Last night much of northern Europe got another dumping of snow, worsening the continent's travel woes, the BBC reports. An unusually high amount of snowfall over the weekend left many passengers stranded as runways got buried and ice built up on wings. This latest snowfall has led to another round of cancellations.
Trains are overbooked as passengers look for alternative means of travel, but ...The 10 snowiest cities in America ... bundle up!
Dec 17th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
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I spend all summer fantasizing about winter. From the end of May to the beginning of October, I wind up drenched in sweat, wishing I could peel off my own skin and running from one air conditioned environment to another. It's miserable. When the biting cold of the winter ...Tahoe gets 8 feet of snow in time for Thanksgiving weekend
Nov 25th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Thanksgiving weekend is often considered the unofficial start to ski season. Sure, plenty of resorts open up well before the holiday, but with lots of people traveling across the country this weekend, many will head to the slopes on the post-turkey day weekend for a little early-winter fun.
Those going in search of spectacular snow over the next few days should look no further than the Lake ...Q & A with Grantourismo round-the-world slow travel bloggers
Nov 24th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
With all the holiday travel madness just beginning, sometimes it's nice to take a breath and think about taking travel more slowly. I recently had a chance to meet up with blogger Lara Dunston and her photographer-writer husband, Terence Carter, of the round-the-world travel project and blog, Grantourismo while they were traveling through Istanbul. Lara and Terence hosted me at their fabulous ...
