Great catches Jun 12, 2008
Among fish that get a Best Choice rating on the aquarium's list are Arctic char, Pacific halibut and white sea bass. Fish that the aquarium considers no-no's because of overfishing concerns include Chilean sea bass and bluefin tuna. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ocean interpreters at waysides May 28, 2008
Docents will be wearing bright blue jackets, sweatshirts or T-shirts with the white SEA logo on the back. Comments. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
"ALL HANDS DOWN" May 18, 2008
The deadly-accurate Soviet Navy described in "All Hands Down" bears little resemblance to the actual one that tried and failed to sink the Scorpion in 1966 when it was caught inside the USSR's White Sea spying on Soviet missile tests. This is the same Soviet Navy that bungled the search for its missing submarine K-129 in the Pacific two months before the Scorpion's disappearance. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Saltwater Fish in Freshwater Lakes May 12, 2008
Lake Taal is known for its venomous Black and White Sea Snake. This lake is the place where the world s only freshwater sardine is found. (Suite101.com)
The Art of Collage Apr 12, 2008
For winter, draw the tree trunk and branches; add white egg shell, white buttons, feathers, papers, bits of white Kleenex, or tiny white sea shells, white pebble, pieces of cloth or plastic. Instead of trees, you might choose flowers or houses (or any topic see list below) and color it with your glued on materials. (Suite101.com)
Variety is the spice (and herbs) of life at Mistral Apr 10, 2008
One entr;e that could have used a little more sauce was the seared local white sea bass with truffled fennel and risotto Milanese. The fish, though delicate and moist, was bland. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More reviews Mar 24, 2008
The nondescript strip-mall exterior belies the swanky interior and innovative, upscale Italian-Continental menu; this glitzy spot is ideal for celebrations and romantic dinners (Bacio is Italian for "kiss'). Complementary crostini topped in mini eggplant rollatine stuffed with cheese and peppers whetted appetites. Loved an Old World-style antipasto -- a large, mild red pepper bursting with a sweet-savory filling of shredded chicken, raisins, garlic and parmigiano Reggiano set in plum tomato... (NJ.com)
Philip Pullman Mar 22, 2008
The battered cargo balloon came in out of a rainstorm over the White Sea, losing height rapidly and swaying in the strong north-west wind as the pilot trimmed the vanes and tried to adjust the gas-valve. The pilot was a lean young man with a large hat, a laconic disposition and a thin moustache,and at present he was making for the Barents Sea Company Depot, whose location was marked on a torn scrap of paper pinned to the binnacle of the gondola. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rare White Killer Whale Spotted In Alaskan Waters Mar 20, 2008
18, 2004) The fact that each white whale has individual voice is established by Russian scientists conducting research in the White Sea. Differences between white whales' voices can be used in estimating. (Science Daily)
Squid abundant for sale and bait Mar 1, 2008
It has been a bountiful winter for fishermen off La Jolla, starting with last week's showing of big yellowtail and white sea bass and now an invasion of market squid ... It really helps the winter fishing for sand bass and calicos and gives you a chance at a yellowtail or white sea bass. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Norwegian company cancels contract with Russian shipyard Feb 26, 2008
Sevmash, located in Severodvinsk on the White Sea, denied breaching the contract and accused the Norwegian company of failing to agree on a "fair price" for its work. Sevmash spokesman Mikhail Starozhilov said in a telephone interview Tuesday that the yard would continue building the vessels and try to find another customer. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Collector shares his love of Russian icons Feb 11, 2008
A circa 1600 icon captures the way of life at the Solovetsky Monastery, isolated on an island in the White Sea, near the Arctic Circle. In the shadow of the tall stone church, the monks fish, farm, and conduct their business in the salt trade as Christ and the saints look down from the heavens. (Boston Globe)
Experiencing the perfect sunset in Lombok Feb 3, 2008
There, in the underwater forest of coral, I spotted white sea turtles. We anchored off a white-sand beach and, as the day got warmer, I retreated to a shady hammock with a good book. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
6.25 by Alison Brackenbury Feb 2, 2008
Ignores the morning radio, White sea without an ebb Freezes the lithe ash twigs A glittered web. The light is metal, deep and pure. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
''The Whisperers'' gives voice to the lives destroyed by Stalin's reign of terror Jan 30, 2008
There is Ilia Slavin, who was so depressed and shaken after seeing the slave laborers building the White Sea Canal that he refused to write the upbeat report he had been commanded to pen and was arrested for that. There is also Aleksandr Tvardovsky, the Stalinist poet who turned his own father in to the police after he came begging to be saved from the starvation conditions of his special settlement camp. (Boston Globe)
In the Footsteps of Sir Edmund Jan 17, 2008
I rallied, and trudged onward that extra 1,000 feet and got to stand in the footprints of Sir Edmund and Tenzing with Everest rising up out of the near distance like a great, black wave in a stormy, white sea. It was both literally and figuratively a pinnacle of my life. (Courier Publications, ME)
Two Major Evolutionary Explosions Shaped Life Jan 4, 2008
These species cover three evolutionary stages of the entire Ediacara history across 33 million years," said Shen. The three successive evolutionary stages are represented by the Avalon, White Sea, and Nama assemblages (all named after localities where representative fossils of each stage can be found). The earliest Avalon stage was represented by relatively few species. Surprisingly, however, as shown by Shen and colleagues, these earliest Ediacara life forms already occupied a full... (Science Daily)
* Coen brothers back on form Dec 27, 2007
This more recent impasse started when a long-cherished project, an adaptation of To the White Sea by James Deliverance Dickey, fell apart ... The White Sea project was about an American airman shot down in second world war Japan who witnesses the Tokyo firebombing and then, insanely, tries to make his way home to Alaska. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Greenland ice sheet has record melting Dec 15, 2007
White sea ice reflects about 80 percent of the sun's heat off Earth, NASA's Zwally said. When there is no sea ice, about 90 percent of the heat goes into the ocean which then warms everything else up. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Ancient fish bones reveal impacts of global warming beneath the sea Dec 12, 2007
Through the study of archaeological material, tax accounts, church registers and account books of monasteries, an international group of fisheries ecologists and fisheries/maritime historians have drawn a picture of marine life in the northern European seas (North Sea, Wadden Sea, Baltic Sea, and White Sea) as it looked in the past. Their findings are presented in a special issue of Fisheries Research History of Marine Animal Populations and their Exploitation in Northern Europe, 14 papers... (EurekAlert!)
Heard at Mecca: 'Are you single?' Dec 5, 2007
"Scissors! Tissue! Prayer book! Only one riyal [about 27 cents]," cries out a boy of 6 struggling in the white sea of pilgrims. One of the rituals of the pilgrimage involves cutting one's hair. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Sarkozy pushes Mediterranean Union Dec 5, 2007
But, Mr. Kadi says, it has the full attention of businessmen in the region, hungry for direct investment and willing to offer incentives to spur more trade across the Mediterranean, or the White Sea, as it's called in Arabic. Page 1. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hollywood's new scapegoat Nov 30, 2007
(He walked away from Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain," which flopped with Hugh Jackman, and the Coen brothers' "The White Sea," which never got made, and only reluctantly went ahead with Doug Liman's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," which was a huge hit. He just completed filming the Coens' "Burn After Reading.") "If it's script-related, it becomes strike-related," comments one agent at CAA.. (Variety)
Making the case for desalination Nov 12, 2007
SEAN DuFRENE / Union-Tribune Among the recent sights at Agua Hedionda Lagoon were Daniel D'Aquila of Carlsbad (top), who often fishes in the lagoon; an egret; and white sea bass. The California Coastal Commission staff wrote in its report that Poseidon's proposal "would cause significant adverse impacts to marine life and water quality in Agua Hedionda and in near-shore ocean waters." Poseidon Resources says it would care for the lagoon and assure its future health. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Moscow ceremony remembers people killed in Soviet purge Oct 30, 2007
The ceremony took place by a monument known as the Solovetsky stone, a stone from a monastery at the White Sea that was turned into one of the first camps of the Gulag. The goal was to read as many as possible of the names of the 40,000 people from Moscow and the Moscow region who were executed during the wave of terror in 1937 and 1938. (International Herald Tribune)
What Happened When a Very Private Writer ... Oct 27, 2007
It was a novel that James Dickey wrote called To the White Sea, and it was about a tail gunner in a B-29 shot down over Tokyo. C.M. That was the last thing he wrote. (Time.com)
In answering prayers, film explores Russian soul Oct 26, 2007
His days include wandering along the frozen shores of the White Sea, begging God for forgiveness, hauling wheelbarrows of coal, playing pranks on his fellow monks, and, of course, dispensing distinctly idiosyncratic advice. Take for example his recommendation to the widow who wants to send a message to her long-dead husband: sell her earthly possessions and go west. (Boston Globe)
Ugly fifth knocks Red Sox for a loop Oct 17, 2007
A dizzying white sea of towel-waving Cleveland fans shook Jacobs Field, which quickly turned into a mine field for the Red Sox during the fifth inning of a 7-3 Game 4 loss in the American League Championship Series. The Sox ran into some tough luck and poor relief, and Cleveland pounced on Boston's misfortunes, moving the Tribe within one win of reaching the World Series. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
North of the Arctic Circle - an odd sort of bustle Oct 13, 2007
Human history here spans millennia, from native Sami settlements, to waves of Norwegian and Finnish migration, to flourishing trade with White Sea Russians in the 19th century. The past is captured in the desolation of Hamningberg, where many once-active fishing cottages now welcome summer tourists to the edge of the northern seas, and in Vardo, where costumed guides lead tours of Europe's northernmost fortress. (International Herald Tribune)
Sea bass released in Santa Barbara ocean replenishing effort Sep 24, 2007
A hatchery released more than 10,000 white sea bass into the Pacific Ocean as part of a replenishment project to restore fish populations off the California coast ... The white sea bass, which can grow to 15 pounds, had been kept since May 1 in floating pens east of the wharf until they reached between six and eight inches in length ... Santa Barbara Sea previously released white sea bass to the wild in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2005. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Putin's dubious 'popularity'; Other Soviet victims; Banking follies; Iran and the Saudis Sep 23, 2007
Putin's dubious 'popularity'; Other Soviet victims; Banking follies; Iran and the Saudis - International Herald Tribune. Putin's dubious 'popularity. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Electronics help predict global warming Sep 19, 2007
White sea ice ordinarily reflects sunlight at the poles, but the open water now there is absorbing light instead. The question is when the point will be reached at which global warming accelerates dramatically. (EETimes)
Religion and tourism Sep 18, 2007
Tourists, monks and history: Whose islands are they. - International Herald Tribune. (International Herald Tribune)
Studying Evidence From Ice Age Lakes Sep 12, 2007
When the plug was released as the ice melted, the water poured from the huge lakes into the Kara Sea and the White Sea, causing the sea level to rise. The sum total of all these dramatic changes greatly influenced the climate and the circulation in the seas in the Barents Region. (Science Daily)
Mathematics Of Ice To Aid Global Warming Forecasts Sep 12, 2007
"White sea ice reflects; the ocean absorbs. In the late spring, melt ponds [atop the ice] critically affect the albedo of the polar ice packs. The drainage of these melt ponds is again largely controlled by the permeability of the ice.". The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's predictions "that the summer Arctic ice pack may disappear sometime during 2050-2100 depend in part on these types of considerations," he adds. (Science Daily)
Icy calculations on a hot topic Sep 11, 2007
White sea ice reflects; the ocean absorbs. In the late spring, melt ponds [atop the ice] critically affect the albedo of the polar ice packs. (EurekAlert!)
Russian prison camp returns to life as monastery Aug 11, 2007
Conor Sweeney / ReutersThe Solovetsky Monastery on Bolshoi Solovetsky Island in the Onega Bay of the White Sea in Russia's North, is the site where the Soviet Union built one of its first camps for political prisoners ... Few of those, mainly Russians, who visit this island in Russia's White Sea come to see the gulag. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Leaders shun ceremonies to mark Stalin's terror years Aug 10, 2007
The 12-metre-high Siberian cedar cross was ferried about 1300 kilometres by boat from a former Soviet prison camp on the White Sea through the Belomor Canal to Moscow. The procession and the ceremony were a rare attempt to address Soviet brutality during Stalin's reign, an issue human rights groups say, is often eclipsed by the mythologised interpretation of Soviet glory promoted by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Huge cross marks Stalin purges Aug 9, 2007
The cross was delivered by boat, and part of its route followed the White Sea Canal, a Stalinist construction project which claimed the lives of thousands of convicts. Seventy years after what is known as "the great purge", only a few thousand survivors remain. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russian church, but not the Kremlin, honors thousands of Stalin's victims Aug 9, 2007
The cross was ferried 1,300 kilometers, or 800 miles, by boat to Moscow from a former Soviet prison camp on the White Sea through the Belomor Canal, which was built in the 1930s by slave labor. Thus began a commemoration of a rampage of state-sanctioned violence. (International Herald Tribune)
Wooden cross erected to commemorate victims of Stalin's purges Aug 9, 2007
The wooden cross was carved at a monastery on the Solovki Islands in the White Sea, one of the earliest and most notorious camps in the gulag. It arrived in Moscow on Monday after a 13-day journey that took it down the Belomorkanal, a waterway linking the White Sea with Lake Onega. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Gulag now a spiritual haven Aug 8, 2007
Few of those, mainly Russians, who visit this island in Russia's White Sea come to see the gulag. Most are attracted instead by its religious history, wildlife and white summer nights. (CNN -- International)
Giant cross to mark Stalin terror Aug 7, 2007
Its journey from the islands began on 25 June and part of its route followed the White Sea Canal, a Stalinist construction project which claimed the lives of thousands of convicts. It was constructed at the Solovetsky Monastery over six months. (BBC News)
Aquaculture ambassador Aug 7, 2007
So what does an underwater cage full of white sea bass miles out in the ocean have to do with a sugar beet farm in northern Utah ... Two-thirds of the institute's $6 million budget is dedicated to its hatcheries, most notably a one-of-a-kind program that raises white sea bass for release into the ocean ... Kent's colleagues say his willingness to do the grunt work is one of the main reasons that the institute's largest program, which focuses on replenishing stocks of white sea bass, has been... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Up Close in the Arctic, Beluga Whales Under Threat Aug 6, 2007
BOLSHOI SOLOVETSKY ISLAND - Summer doesn't last long on the edge of the Arctic circle, but on the remote Solovetsky Island on Russia's White Sea it marks the remarkable return every year of Beluga whales just metres from the shore ... In eight colonies around the world, there are an estimated 100,000 belugas, with 2,000 in the White Sea. (Planet Ark, United States)
Gunman in Serbia kills 9 after fight with wife Jul 29, 2007
The Russian navy Friday denied media reports of an explosion a day earlier aboard a nuclear submarine under repair in Severodvinsk, on the White Sea. Igor Dygalo, an aide to the Russian Navy commander, said one of the submarine's main ballast tanks at a dockyard was damaged due to "excessive air pressure.". (Seattle Times)
Alert on Russian nuclear submarine Jul 28, 2007
Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said there was no explosion and no one was hurt in the incident at a dockyard in the White Sea port of Severodvinsk. "The management of the (dockyard) ... considers the accident as minor," Interfax quoted Dygalo as saying. (CNN International)
Russia downplays submarine blast Jul 28, 2007
No casualties were reported and radiation levels at the White Sea port of Severodvinsk are said to be normal. The incident took place as the submarine was being repaired. (BBC News -- Europe)
Small blast on Russian sub, 'no leak' Jul 27, 2007
It said the explosion happened on Thursday aboard a Russian Northern Fleet submarine as it underwent repairs at a dockyard in the port of Severodvinsk, on the White Sea. Russia's navy could not immediately be reached for comment. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Going wild for white sea bass Jul 26, 2007
Locally, there's much to choose from: anchovies, calamari, halibut, sablefish, sardines, shrimp and, especially, white sea bass in addition to the salmon we focus on so intently. Although the actual fishing season for white sea bass runs June to March, the most plentiful, natural season - and the time at which they're priced best - is from now through September ... California white sea bass (Atractoscion nobilis), which is not related to Chilean sea bass, is in the same family as the redfish, or... (San Francisco Chronicle)
THE FISHING REPORT Jul 19, 2007
There were no striped bass home, but the boat's anglers did hook three white sea bass, landing one, a 30-pounder. Later, the Hooker ran into the bay and up to the Brothers Islands, where there were bass, 15 of which made themselves part of the overall score. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Russia plans big nuclear expansion Jul 17, 2007
But now, under direct orders from the Kremlin, ambitious Soviet-era expansion plans are being dusted off and rapidly implemented including the first-ever floating atomic power station, set to begin operations in the frigid White Sea by 2010. In a sweeping revival of Russia's nuclear industry, President Vladimir Putin has signed off on the construction of 26 major new nuclear stations, which will almost double the share of atomic power in Russia's electrical grid. (Christian Science Monitor)
Grounded Oil Tanker Re-Floated In Waters Off Coney Island Jul 15, 2007
U.S. Coast Guard officials say the White Sea was then pulled to the nearby Stapleton anchorage, where it must be inspected for hull damage before it heads out to sea again ... Something went wrong with the steering system on the ship at about 6:30 a-m yesterday, causing the White Sea to turn off course and run into the sandy bottom of Ambrose Channel. (WNBC.com, NY)
Freddie's Aquarian epiphany Jul 14, 2007
Eels, panthers and a beautiful white sea eagle seemed to have been scratched more recently. Someone had scrawled a mad-looking horse in texta. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Oil Tanker Runs Aground Near New York's Coney Island; No Breach Reported Jul 13, 2007
Tanker White Sea after running aground in New York harbor ... There has been no breach in the ship, the White Sea, which has a double hull to prevent spills, Coast Guard spokesman Bob Laura said ... The White Sea, built in 1991, is an Aframax tanker, a class of ship that can hold up to 600,000 barrels of oil. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
* Moscow tests new sea-based missile Jun 30, 2007
Captain Igor Dygalo said that the Bulava missile hit its target on the Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, about 6,700km east of Moscow, after being launched on Thursday from the submarine Dmitry Donskoi in northern Russia's White Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the Bulava as a key component of the nation's nuclear forces for years to come and boasted about its ability to penetrate any prospective missile defenses. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Russia successfully tests new missile Jun 29, 2007
Capt. Igor Dygalo, a spokesman for the Russian navy, told The Associated Press that the Bulava missile was fired from the submarine Dmitry Donskoi in northern Russias White Sea and hit its target on the Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, about 4,200 miles east of Moscow. President Vladimir Putin has hailed Bulava as a key component of Russias nuclear forces for years to come, saying it has the ability to penetrate any prospective missile defenses. (MSNBC -- International)
Holds successful strategic missile test... Jun 29, 2007
Capt. Igor Dygalo told The Associated Press that the Bulava missile hit its target on the Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka after being launched from the submarine Dmitry Donskoi in the White Sea. According to published Russian news reports, the Bulava is designed to have a range of 6,200 miles and carry six individually targeted nuclear warheads. (The Drudge Report)
Russians test ballistic missile Jun 29, 2007
The Bulava missile was launched from the White Sea off Russia's north-west coast. The intercontinental missile hit its target on the Pacific Ocean peninsula of Kamchatka. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russia test-fires new ballistic missile Jun 29, 2007
MOSCOW, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Navy has successfully conducted the launch of a Bulava ballistic missile from the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear submarine in the White Sea, Russian news agencies reported Thursday. "The Dmitry Donskoi submarine performed a successful launch of the Bulava up-to-date ballistic missile in the White Sea, at the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula," Navy spokesman Captain Igor Dygalo was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying ... On Dec. 21, 2005, another... (Xinhuanet, China)
His hours now shine Jun 2, 2007
The young man who encounters the eternally waiting woman in her isolated village near the White Sea tries to understand her as a character in a well-known storyline: she's a jilted lover, the tragic victim of war, a madwoman, a secret harlot. "The truth is in the moments," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bondi has sights, but tastes missing May 31, 2007
There are the woven teardrop pods in the front lounge and red and white sea anemone fingers dangling from the ceiling of the bar. The most striking features in the dining room are a pair of towering metal representations of baobab trees crafted from silver boomerangs. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Choke City: Sky Visit's The World's Dirtiest Place May 20, 2007
Less than mile from one of the outlying viillages is an area the locals call the White Sea, yet no fish live in it, no boats sail on it and no one swims in it. It's not really a sea at all, instead it's a huge man-made lake of toxic chemical waste in which nothing survives. (Sky News)
Admiral Stark at Vladivostok 1922 Apr 27, 2007
The only way Russia could receive vital western war material was through neglected White Sea harbors and the small pacific port of Vladivostok. Stark was sent to the Far East to direct the flow of goods and keep this life line open. (Suite101.com)
Russia floats nuke plants for export Apr 19, 2007
Sergei Ivanov, Russia's powerful first deputy prime minister, this week presided over the start of work on the first floating station at a secret submarine plant on the White Sea. "Many countries are beginning to ask us 'when can we buy these plants?'" Ivanov was quoted as saying by Rosenergoatom, the agency which runs Russia's nuclear power stations and is footing the bill for building the plants. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
