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Proposed Dickinson County Trail, Milford to Spirit Lake: Project Report and Case Estimate, December 30,1975 [PDF]
, 1975 During the last decade, participation in trail activities has increased tremendously. Bicycling, hiking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing', and snowmobiling have all bi~come increasingly popular, both in Iowa and the nation.
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Ski areas, weather and climate: Time series models for New England case studies [PDF]
, 2007 Wintertime warming trends experienced in recent decades, and predicted to increase in the future, present serious challenges for ski areas and whole regions that depend on winter tourism. Most research on this topic examines past or future climate-change
Brown, Cliff +2 more
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Group Dynamics of Vuokatti Sports Academy Cross-Country Skiing Team in 2013 – Perspectives of Athletes and Coaches [PDF]
, 2013 The subject of the thesis is group dynamics in the cross-country skiing team in Vuokatti Sports Academy at the moment. The commissioner - Vuokatti Sports Academy - and its coaches have been developing their activities for some time, and investigating ...
Bergqvist, Mira
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Sensing the sky's edge: Atmospheric insights into the Korean demilitarised zone
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract In this paper, I demonstrate that novel and creative ‘atmospheric methods’ not only provide us with a means of overcoming difficulties around access to border spaces, but also more importantly afford us new insights into how atmospherically attuned things and the materialities of weather become entangled with and produce border ...
Madelaine A. Joyce
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Adaptation of Finnish cross-country skiers to climate change
Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2009 Cross-country skiing has a long history in Finland, and it is a part of the national identity of Finns. This study on cross-country skiers’ adaptation to changing climate describes groups of cross-country skiers with reference to their motives for skiing,
Mia Landauer +2 more
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Turkish Journal of KinesiologyThe aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between respiratory functions and body compositions of elite athletes in alpine disciplines and cross-country skiing through their comparison.
Buket Sevindik Aktaş
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Economic Contributions of Winter Sports in a Changing Climate [PDF]
, 2018 In mountain towns across the United States that rely on winter tourism, snow is currency. For snow lovers and the winter sports industry, predictions of a future with warmer winters, reduced snowfall, and shorter snow seasons is inspiring them to ...
Burakowski, Elizabeth +2 more
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Parasports for cerebral palsy: Thinking and ‘prescribing’ beyond the Paralympics
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on parasport participation for individuals with cerebral palsy, highlighting key benefits, and providing sport‐specific adaptations that enhance accessibility of parasport. Abstract The landscape of care for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) has evolved far beyond ‘fixing’ impairments toward a life ...
Julia E. Hanes +5 more
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Virtual Skiing as an Art Installation [PDF]
, 2008 The Virtual Skiing game allows the user to immerse himself into the skiing sensation without using any obvious hardware interfaces. To achieve the movement down the virtual skiing slope the skier who stands on a pair of skis attached to the floor ...
Batagelj, Borut +2 more
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Nordicom Review, 2019 In 2016, Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug made her positive doping test public. We compare how the Norwegian and Swedish media covered the ensuing scandal with the aim of discovering how constructions of subjectivity, national identity, anti ...
Wagner Ulrik, Kristiansen Elsa
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