Bob Doughty and Faith Lapidus tell about some of the winning American athletes on and off the ice and snow.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

He says changes to the ice cover also affect Arctic wildlife and people who depend on the local environment.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Before the flight went down, sensors gave conflicting information on air speed to the plane's computers, possibly because of ice.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

They were all waiting for the ice to melt so they could continue on to the gold fields.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Two teams take turns pushing stones weighing almost twenty kilograms towards a circular target drawn on the ice.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Trains had special container cars with ice to keep meat, milk and other goods cold for long distances on their way to market.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, fog from the ocean and instruments that failed.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

"So,I ran a marathon and two days later I went ice climbing on a glacier.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Many people die in traffic accidents on roads that are covered with snow or ice.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

For example,it says putting heat or ice on your head or neck can help.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

But instead of wheels, it sits on steel runners that race along the ice.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Drivers must use special care because of ice and snow on the roads.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

When you cross the river, do not walk on the ice.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The ice glaciers on the mountain are disappearing very quickly.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

He began to walk on the snow-covered ice.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Ice crystals form on the leaf surface.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The American said after Saturday's silver medal that he knows his younger teammates will build on his success on the ice.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

The U.S.Men's Ice Hockey Team begins its Vancouver Olympics campaign against Switzerland on the opening day of the tournament - February 16.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

On Saturday,Canada broke the record for the biggest margin of victory in Olympic women's ice hockey with an 18-0 trouncing of Slovakia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

it will release the 3D version of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" on Blu-ray.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

National Hockey League players it was U.S. will again be playing for their countries when the men's hockey competition hits the ice on February 16.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

The bear he says brings that message home. "It gives people an opportunity to connect with literally the processes that are going on up on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole which is melting,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Richard Milner is working on his next book,which explores the art of Charles R.Knight, the American painter of dinosaurs, ice age mammoths and saber-toothed cats, whose work adorns the walls of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Field Museum in Chicago and other institutions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25