1.   Arctic winter has given this beleaguered region a respite.

2.   But the accuracy debate becomes moot in the big chill of Arctic winter.

3.   Most Arctic winters in the last decade brought unusually low ozone coincident with an unusually cold stratosphere, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

4.   The settlements risk going without fuel and other essential supplies during the bitter cold and darkness of the Arctic winter.

5.   Wolves, a fox, a lynx, a polar bear and a moose prowl through the muted blue-gray tones of the Arctic winter.

6.   Levy says the suicides stem from many factors, including the dark arctic winters, alcohol, drugs and rapid social change.

7.   The economic crisis crippling Russia has left thousands of Kola residents facing the bitter cold of Arctic winter without heat or basic necessities such as warm clothing.

8.   They often lack heat in their homes during the bitter Arctic winter, and as many as half are unemployed.

9.   Ukrainians, as Russians, habitually seal all sources of ventilation before the Arctic winter.