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Island and Lake Recursion (Island Week 2)

(It's the last day of Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we're almost done with posting about islands. And it's lasted about a week.) Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada is officially the world's largest…

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Monday, 3rd September 2007

Pollepel Island (Island week 2)

(It's Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we'll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) Pollepel Island is located in the Hudson River, New York. A characterless lump of rock, it would…

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Friday, 31st August 2007

Easter Island (Island Week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) Located in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, almost four thousand kilometers from continental Chile, Easter Island -…

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Thursday, 30th August 2007

Mud Island (Island Week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) On the mighty Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee, is Mud Island, which is home to a steamboat museum,…

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Wednesday, 29th August 2007

Pitcairn Islands (Island Week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) The Pitcairns are a group of four islands: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno, which are all located…

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Tuesday, 28th August 2007

Deception Island (Island Week 5)

Zoom in on the South Shetland Islands, just off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, and you'll see what appears to be a giant Cheerio floating in the South Atlantic. This is actually Deception Island,…

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Monday, 4th October 2010

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