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  • I was supposed to be in sub-arctic America, and high up among the buttresses of the Rockies, and yet there was that everlasting spread of flowers.

    The Night-Born 2010

  • The only people who got any protection against colds from vitamin C were those whose bodies were under extreme stress, such as soldiers in sub-arctic conditions, according to the NCCAM.Echinacea, an herb, has been used for years as a folk remedy, Taylor says.

    The cure for the common cold? There is none 2011

  • We also wanted to use our excess heat to experiment with growing crops in the sub-arctic conditions of Interior Alaska.

    Bernie Karl: Carbon Nation: Meet the Crazy Alaskan Bernie Karl 2011

  • Attawapiskat is a small sub-arctic community in Canada with an Elementary School with 400 students.

    School needs F&S copies 2009

  • The only people who got any protection against colds were those whose bodies were under extreme stress, such as soldiers in sub-arctic conditions, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM, part of the National Institutes of Health.

    No cure in sight for fighting the common cold 2011

  • We also wanted to use our excess heat to experiment with growing crops in the sub-arctic conditions of Interior Alaska.

    Bernie Karl: Carbon Nation: Meet the Crazy Alaskan Bernie Karl 2011

  • The sub-arctic forest is somewhat warmer in climate and is home to an even greater diversity of plants.

    Arctic 2010

  • It focuses on the Yup'iks 'clever solutions to the environmental challenges of the sub-arctic tundra, evidenced by the many ways they use seal guts: as a covering a skylight, to make a parka, and to serve as diapers, packed with dried moss andheld in place by braided grass.

    Build It Bigger" airs on Science Channel; museum portrays Eskimo tools 2010

  • Blood lead and cadmium and birth weight among sub-arctic and arctic populations of Norway and Russia.

    Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010

  • The Post's Caps beat writer, Tarik El-Bashir, suggests this fine piece by Sports Illustrated's Michael Farber, about former NHL player Joe Juneau moving 800 miles north to devote himself to teaching hockey and the finer points of life to kids in the grim sub-arctic Nunavik region of northern Quebec.

    Caps gameday special: Best hockey stories ever 2010

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