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January 1994 Issue
January 1994 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The Cultural Meaning of the Kennedys
    Steven Stark
  • Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
    Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  • Beneath the Ice: Ice-Diving Opens Up an Eerie, Beautiful World of Unexpected Possibilities
    Andrew Todhunter
  • Composers on the Couch: Does It Help Anyone to Psychoanalyze a Composer's Work?
    David Schiff
  • General James Longstreet
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Charles M. Russell, Word Painter
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Read all our coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment.

Beneath the Ice: Ice-Diving Opens Up an Eerie, Beautiful World of Unexpected Possibilities

By Andrew Todhunter
January 1994 Issue
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