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Benjamin Moser: the Elfstedentocht and the toll of warmer winters

The Elfstedentocht, the Dutch skating race through the 11 historic cities of Friesland, hasn’t been held in 26 years. But nobody can admit that it’s gone.
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Climate change imperils lake ice skating in Vermont

This winter has been exceedingly warm in New England, catastrophically so for business at what is usually Lake Morey's four-mile skating trail in Vermont.
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Rideau Canal Skateway's uncertain future predicted 18 years ago

The author of a 2005 report warning how climate change would affect the Rideau Canal Skateway is looking back at how his predictions have mostly come true.
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Climate change moves legendary Dutch outdoor speed skating race the Elfstedentocht to Austria

Climate change moves legendary Dutch outdoor speed skating race the Elfstedentocht to Austria

It hasn't been cold enough to hold the Elfstedentocht in the Netherlands since 1997. A group of enthusiasts in 1989 began holding an alternative event 750 miles away in the tiny Austrian mountain lake town of Weissensee.

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