The train stops twice en route, at Eigerwand and Eismeer stations, both with phenomenal views across wild mountains and crevassed glacial ice, before cresting Jungfraujoch.

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But the fact it propelled American teen idol Apolo Anton Ohno to gold, and sparked wild celebration at the Salt Lake Ice Center, made it all the more galling for the Koreans.

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What is more, it strikes me as perfectly possible that the overall welfare of a wild seal, suddenly killed on an ice floe, is better than the life endured by an intensively reared farm animal killed on a production line after being driven to an abattoir on a lorry.

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The ice-cream truck solves the wild-card party problem.

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The Atlanta Thrashers hit the ice this season, while the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets start next year.

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