Working in the field, versus sitting in my office in Canada planning these activities, made a huge difference to what I delivered and how I felt about my work.

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The top eight sleds in the 33-sled field included two each from Switzerland, Germany, and Canada, and one each from Russia and Latvia.

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The next four-month mission in the northern climes of Canada will see a team of scientists donning mock spacesuits and undertaking field and scientific experiments in complete isolation.

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Spain and Canada have been promoted from the promotional league, giving a nine-strong field in 2010, dropping to eight for 2011.

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The company is one of five worldwide in a joint-venture to develop the South Pars offshore gas field (the others include companies from close U.S. allies France and Canada as well as Indonesia and Russia).

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Watson eventually left the harbor, under cover of fog, and he was later arrested on an ice field where the hunt was taking place. (Since 1977, it has been a crime in Canada to observe the seal hunt without a permit.) His ship was confiscated, he was charged with conspiring to commit mischief and extortion, among other crimes, and he spent several days in jail.

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