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Hace 2 horas · A map of West Antarctica. The total volume of the entire Antarctic ice sheet is estimated at 26.92 million km 3 (6.46 million cu mi), [2] while the WAIS contains about 2.1 million km 3 (530,000 cu mi) in ice that is above the sea level, and ~1 million km 3 (240,000 cu mi) in ice that is below it. [20] The weight of the ice has caused the underlying rock to sink by between 0.5 and 1 kilometre ...
Hace 1 día · Oh hell or contract whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid. [a] It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called oh! well. [1]It was said to have been introduced into America via the New York clubs in 1931. [2] Phillips and Westall describe it as "one of the best round games".
Hace 1 día · Fred Cossom Hollows was one of a family of four boys; the others being Colin, John and Maurice. All were born in Dunedin, New Zealand, to Joseph and Clarice (Marshall) Hollows.The family lived in Dunedin for the first seven years of his life. [2] He had one year of informal primary schooling at North East Valley Primary School and began attending Palmerston North Boys' High School when he was 13.
Hace 2 horas · The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series that ran on CBC from November 11, 1985, to March 19, 1991, in Canada and on Disney Channel from July 4, 1985, to August 28, 1992, in the U.S., with three preceding television specials from its inception in 1980, and one direct-to-video special in 1984. The franchise was created by Kevin Gillis with the co-operation of the Canadian ...
Hace 2 horas · The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (Norwegian: De 17. olympiske vinterleker; Nynorsk: Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway.Having lost the bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics to Albertville in France ...
