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Glacier Iceberg Surfing in Alaska

Surfing the wave created by the break down and falling of part of an iceberg is completly crazy because of the size of the wave created and the freezing temperatures of the water. It is highly dangerous and should not be attempted without proper preparation and equipment.

A glacier is a mass of ice which is formed by many layers of snow accumulated on its surface. Crushed under its own weight, snow expels air in the glacier and it forms into one big block of ice. The glaciers represent 98.5% of fresh water on the planet.

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Usain Bolt is born on August 21, 1986 in Trelawny Parish and is a Jamaican athlete specialist in the sprint races and holder of world records for 100m (9 secs 69) and 200m (19 secs 30), these two records have been established at the Olympic Games in Beijing on 16 and 20 August 2008.

Usain Bolt becomes at 15 years old and 332 days the youngest World Junior champion in history of the 200 meters race, running the distance in a time of 20 seconds 61.

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Phoenix Park in Dublin Photos Phoenix Park is a large park located in Dublin 3 km north-west of downtown. The park covers an area of 712 ha and a circumference of 11 km and is the second largest urban park in Europe after Sutton Park in Birmingham, Britain. Phoenix Park is made up of large […]

Howth Beautiful Pictures Howth is a small peninsula about 12 km north-east of Dublin. You can visit the Howth Castle Gardens, which cover 12 hectares of magnificent flora. The small port village is also very nice. You can make a wonderful trip by boat around the peninsula. Howth is a small paradise near the sea! […]

Dublin City Pictures Dublin has undergone a tremendous transformation in the last 50 years and has become amongst the most beautiful European capitals. Dublin has a young and cosmopolitan population which has not only been seduced by the atmosphere in its hundreds of pubs. It is pleasant to stroll in Dublin, the beautiful Georgian houses […]

Brussels Flower Carpet 2008 Every two years people can admire the carpet of flowers on the Grand Place in Brussels. This year, 700,000 begonias form the largest tapestry of the Savonnerie the world: a tribute to the French presidency of the European Union. Since 1971, it is the 16th carpet of flowers on the Grand […]

Dinant Belgium Pictures Dinant is a French-speaking city of Belgium located in the Walloon Region, the chief town district in the province of Namur. Dinant is built on the right bank of the Meuse, 90 km south of Brussels, Namur 25 and 16 north of Givet the Franco-Belgian border. In 2002, Dinant has a population […]

A water spout is a meteorological phenomenon like tornadoes, which rises above the water rather than land. It is accompanied by winds blowing at speeds ranging from 80 to 100 km/h. But Wednesday afternoon, not one but two water spouts were observed above the St. Lawrence River in the Montreal area. The weather phenomenon is […]

I’ve been using Twitter for a couple months and there’s a new contender in town called Plurk. Lots of blog writers have written articles comparing the features of both messaging systems but I wanted to take a new look into the two competitors. I want to analyze their statistical progression to evaluate their future popularity […]

I love to read articles about Internet, SEO, WordPress, Blogging and Social Networking. Although there is a large quantity of bloggers discussing these issues on their blogs, some topics are missing or are worth writing in more depth. On my Blog and Podcast, I post articles related to the Internet and blogging in my Internet […]