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To: marcos who wrote (68910)	4/29/2008 2:42:53 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

The formal spelling is Eulachon: en.wikipedia.org Also known as candlefish, because of the high oil content. The NW Pacific coast natives traded this oil with the interior natives via "grease trails" through the coastal mountains. And thus, this little fish was a key element in history. Fur trader Alexander MacKenzie was the first European explorer to cross North America. His party took a grease trail westard from the interior through the mountains, and reached the British Columbia coast in the summer of 1793. He wrote a famous book about his trip, and some guys named Lewis and Clark got hold of copy. Thus inspired, they made a copycat trip across North America a decade later. ;>)

To: marcos who wrote (68910)	4/29/2008 3:03:59 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Shipping cod to China from Norway will be easy when the North Pole is free of ice. While such a thing "can't last", it's surprising how long things like that do last. So far, it has been thousands of years that some communities do well and are wealthy and others live in poverty and barbarian squalor. Perhaps China will become as wealthy as Norway, but there is a long way to go. I doubt the North Pole will be free of ice for long. So far, it's just a promise. Or, a threat. Though it really does seem a good thing that ships could sail right through that "North West passage" Mqurice