With practice areas for figure skating, ice hockey, skiing, snowboarding and speed skating, among others, this network serves as the main East Coast training center for winter-sports Olympians.

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It includes ice-skating and skiing competitions, photography exhibitions and even rime-inspired poetry competitions.

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Many Alaskans revel in the biting air and the pure white of the winter landscape, not to mention the skiing, ice-climbing and snow machine-riding.

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"The malls are epicenters of activity and entertainment, from indoor ice skating and downhill skiing to aquariums, and of course, the high-end luxury shops, " Anderson said.

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Stressing his full recovery, Kerry often strikes a vigorous pose on the campaign trail, playing ice hockey, bicycling and skiing during photo sessions with the media.

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While at the camp, guests can participate in a variety of activities, including exploring ice caves, visiting a nearby science base, kite-skiing or touring a colony of Emperor penguins, where more than 6, 000 of the flightless birds nest and raise their chicks.

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Here, skiing and skating are less leisure pursuits than ways of life adapted to the ice-bound landscape.

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