Working at the bank, making dinner, reading my books, swimming at the Twenty Two in the summer, walking in the snow in the winter.

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But while the winter months are dark, treacherous and shrouded in a white uniform of snow, summer brings with it the chance to see this part of the world in all its green grassy goodness.

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No one would guess that they had not even buried the unlucky blacksmith, whose brain was eventually picked over by crows, and to whose carcass the tiger would return time and time again, until he had learned something about the taste of man, about the freshness of human meat, which was different now, in snow, than it had been in the heat of summer.

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As a couple, the Muries would explore some of the most remote areas of the Alaskan wilderness, defying snow, clouds of mosquitoes in the summer, wild animals and physical toil.

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In slick conditions, snow tires make a huge difference, remaining softer in colder temperatures than typical summer tires.

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However, consider the multiple municipal services your town, city or state provides: schools for children, snow plows in the winter, parks and recreation in the summer, road repairs, trash removal the list goes on.

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The Summit Series Snow Camera Goggle model 335 is estimated to ship late summer 2010, in time for the Winter Ski Season and for Holiday shopping.

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In addition to Twilight, she had Snow White and the Huntsman, which hit theaters this summer.

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Summer visitors see grazing reindeer and Sami camps, and in winter a special bus follows a snow plow up the final eight miles to reach the 1, 000-foot high plateau where, bracing against the winds, you get to stand beside the iconic North Cape globe for photographic proof positive that you have literally stood at the top of the world.

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