(Encyclopedia) Garland, Judy, 1922–69, American singer and film actress, b. Grand Rapids, Minn., originally named Frances Gumm. She sang in her father's theater from the age of four as one of The…
(Encyclopedia) chamoischamoisshămˈē [key], hollow-horned, hoofed mammal, Rupicapra rupicapra, found in the mountains of Europe and the E Mediterranean. It is about the size of a large goat and is…
(Encyclopedia) fence [short for defense], humanly erected barrier between two divisions of land, used to mark a legal or other boundary, to keep animals or people in or out, and sometimes as an…
(Encyclopedia) Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber and explorer. He went on many mountain-climbing expeditions before 1953, when he and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were…
(Encyclopedia) Ellesmere Island, 82,119 sq mi (212,688 sq km), c.500 mi (800 km) long, in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory, Canada; second largest and northernmost island of the Arctic…
(Encyclopedia) caribou, name in North America for the genus (Rangifer) of deer from which the Old World reindeer was originally domesticated. Caribou are found in arctic and subarctic regions. They…
(Encyclopedia) Vlaminck, Maurice deVlaminck, Maurice demōrēsˈ də vlämăNkˈ [key], 1876–1958, French painter, writer, and printmaker. At first an avid racing cyclist, he supported himself (c.1900) as a…
HAVE PEOPLE ALWAYS PLAYED SPORTS? WHEN DID SPORTS BECOME ORGANIZED? WHAT ARE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS? TEAM SPORTSEXTREME SPORTSFIND OUT MORESports are any competitive game that has set rules and…
MIGRATING REINDEERLONG JOURNEY HOMELONG-DISTANCE NAVIGATIONMONARCH MARATHONDORMANCYFIND OUT MOREAnimals have many instinctive behaviours that are linked to climate. Seasonal changes trigger…
