But there is disagreement about whether portions of the Artic constitute national waters or international sea-ways.

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And the 10, 000sqft Sea Spa offers plenty of ways to ward off winter's chill within the Solarium's Jacuzzis, sauna, and steam room.

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Inbreeding is clearly bad for sea-lions in all sorts of ways.

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The biggest gain will come from melding their rail operations, providing shorter routes to the sea from some mines and thus cheaper ways to achieve the blend of ores required by certain customers.

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Here are a few ways you can give back to the sea while still witnessing all it has to offer.

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There are several ways to reduce your communications costs while at sea and in port.

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Ways of life have been thrown into flux in Greenland as sea ice thaws and new shipping routes into the Arctic open up.

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There are, moreover, other ways to provide such a defense -- notably, from the sea using modified AEGIS fleet air defense ships -- that could enable a national missile defense to be fielded for a fraction of the cost of the ground-based system.

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Organizations like Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace, The International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Humane Society and -- yes -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals all campaign in various ways to stop the decimation of whales and other intelligent creatures of the sea.

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