"Still, the town only has a population of around 120 people and we can head out if we wish on snow mobile or with dogs, " he added.

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Bombardier entered the aircraft business only 12 years ago, yet the snow-mobile maker now occupies third place behind America's Boeing and Europe's Airbus Industrie.

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The island was left with only mobile telephone and 3G internet after heavy snow and strong winds hit the Channel Islands earlier in the week.

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