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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

March 5, 2010

A massive iceberg the size of Manitou Island and seven stories tall collided with the tippa the Keweenaw Glacier, breaking off a number of large icebergs that have now become an organized pack roaming Lake Superior, clogging river mouths, and threatening coastal villages, towns and shipping routes from the Soo to Duluth. The monstrous head iceberg seems to have a mind of its own and an innate sense of direction, and leads the renegade free-floating archipelago of icebergs as if guided by some sorta sophisticated navigational aids. Iceologists theorize that the head berg is being steered and maneuvered by a GPS hook-up with Polaris, the North Star, that controls, directs and tracks their movement by secret satellite or some such. The ever-growing number of rogue icebergs, some towering hundreds of feet above the lake, already 602 feet above sea level, and plunging to untold fathoms beneath the surface, seem intent on wreaking havoc wherever they go.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

February 26, 2010

“I must admit I loved getting Vancouvered at the Winter Olympics,” said WW&W Wildlife Correspondent Paris Hiltunen, “I’m thrilled to welcome Lindsey Vonnanen and Julia Mancusonen to our ever-growing correspondent network.

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Ski Tigers win state team titles

February 26, 2010

MARQUETTE — The Copper Country Ski Tigers Nordic Team won boys and girls team titles and earned many individual honors at the Michigan High School Cross Country Ski Championship on Friday and Saturday at the Forestville Trails in Marquett.

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Ripley racers roar

February 19, 2010

RIPLEY — It was a good weekend for the Mont Ripley Race Team, as they won their home meet, the Keweenaw Cup, by a decisive margin.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

February 19, 2010

As a journalist, I’m a bit of a news and media junkie, as are all your intrepid WW&W correspondents. Being outdoor junkies as well, we keep our fingers on the pulse of the weather.

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Woods, water & worse/Jim Junttila

February 12, 2010

“Did you hear they’ve finally got ice on Copper Harbor?” asked Sarah Palinen.

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