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Ice Hockey Tournaments
Ice is water freezing, frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of Impurity, impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less Opacity (optics), opaque bluish-white color. In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury (planet), Mercury to as far away as the Oort cloud objects. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surfaceparticularly Polar ice cap, in the polar regions and above the snow lineand, as a common form of precipitation and Deposition (phase transition), deposition, plays a key role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes and aggregates from snow as glaciers and ice sheets. Ice exhibits at least eighteen Phase (matter), phases (Sphere packing, packing geometries), depending on tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Park, Duluth
Canal Park is a tourist and recreation-oriented district of Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Situated across the Interstate 35 freeway from Downtown Duluth, it is connected by the Aerial Lift Bridge across the Duluth Ship Canal to the Park Point sandbar and neighborhood. Canal Park Drive and Lake Avenue South serve as the main routes in Canal Park. History Canal Park is largely a conversion of an old warehouse district into restaurants, shops (especially those dealing in antiques and other novelties), cafés, and hotels. This conversion began in the 1980s as an attempt to use Duluth's rich industrial past, the decline of which had left the city in economic turmoil at the time, as an asset in a prospective tourist industry. Attractions Many annual events are held in the Canal Park area, such as the Bayfront Blues Festival and Grandma's Marathon, which starts in Two Harbors, Minnesota, and finishes in Canal Park. Some of Canal Park's attractions include a 4.2 mile long lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
