Not for him are months of media speculation and paparazzi attempts grappling to take a shot of the ring, instead he opted for a short advert in a national paper – which reads like an extract from a Jane Austen novel. A full article here. 

The earliest humans to live in Europe managed to survive the last Ice Age, a ferocious change in the climate that covered much of the continent in a thick layer of ice, a study has found. 

Here are my private notes, to use in writing. There will not be here forever, though.  These are for a new documentary, 'Alaska: Earth's frozen kingdom. Spring. 
Everything here is in a race to grow. 

... ready to join the vast herds up to a million strong.

This land belongs to the bold. This is Alaska.  

permanent darkness

But things round here are about to change.  
to scratch a living 

the most northerly 
far from clear
by far the biggest state
hardly seem up to the task of warming anything
thousands of rivers lie frozen
waterfalls have stopped mid-fall
the sun unlocked the land
he spent the whole winter asleep
There is a sense of anticipation in the air
he cautiously makes his move
if you don't seize the moment it will pass you by
springy (elastic, like torf)
the river freezes to one metre down
tethered to
each day bulks up with seven minutues more daylight
At long last,
within a matter of days
Life is getting going again.
fend off the cold
to stake an early claim
as the sun penetrates even the deepest woods
the port abandoned for the winter
she scooped him back up to feed him too

The cold seas off southern Alaska are some of the richest on Earth.
longlining - type of fishing
an audacious heist by sperm whales 50 tonnes apiece
For the crew, it spells disaster.
It's time to haul in the catch.