X-Message-Number: 6247 Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:39:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: Spitsbergen Permafrost Expedition A Canadian-led expedition will be unearthing seven bodies buried in the permafrost on Spitsbergen, a Norwegian island located in the arctic. The purpose is to sample the virus which killed 20 million people in 1918 & 1920. The average annual temperatures at a variety of permafrost sites are as follows: Nuuk, Greenland: 31 F Whitehorse, Yukon: 30 Fairbanks, Alaska: 26 Yellowknife, NWT: 22 Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen: 22 Churchill, Manitoba: 19 Pond Inlet, NWT: 6.3 Resolute, NWT: 2.8 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6247