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The program took 34 U.S. and Canadian instructors to the South Pole in December to help them educate students about the ...

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A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of Albany ...