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 Expedition participants made many meteorological observations and achieved the first-ever overwintering on the inland Greenland ice sheet as well as the first-ever boring of ice cores on a moving Arctic glacier.

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Unsatisfying Displays on Widget Frames From H.P. and Toshiba
By DAVID POGUE
Two companies introduce frames that display photos, play music and show off widgets. The design of one frame is overthought, the other is underthought.

1. Overwintering is the process by which some organisms pass through or wait out the winter season, or pass through that period of the year when "winter" conditions (cold or sub-zero temperatures, ice, snow, limited food supplies) make normal activity or even survival difficult or near impossible.

2. Overwintering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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overthink

Verb

Infinitive to overthink

Third person singular overthinks

Simple past overthought

Past participle overthought

Present participle overthinking

to overthink (third-person singular simple present overthinks, present participle overthinking, simple past and past participle overthought)

1. To think or analyze too much.

   Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.

   
   

   verb

   [WITH OBJECT]
   

   Think about (something) too much or for too long:I often wonder if women tend to overthink situations[NO OBJECT]: he doesn’t make snap decisions, but he doesn’t overthink either