On Jun 13, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Scott H.E. Welch wrote: > I have some experience with this, as I worked on a boat in the > arctic for 7 > years. Thanks for this and all the other answers. A few times I've flown over the area when there was no cloud cover and the starkness and emptiness was awesome, even from 30,000 feet. Very alluring. -Sven