heavy density, uniform and symmetrical and easy to access. For the Christmas tree extension specialist in charge of locating it, the "tree can be elusive, the demands excessive, and the job requires remembering the locations of the best specimens in the province and persuading the people who own them to give them up for a pittance." Most donors are "honoured to give up their trees... [and] most will gladly watch their towering trees fall" since everyone knows the reason it is being sent to Boston. The trees don't often come from tree farms, but instead from open land where they can grow tall and full. It is so important to the people of Nova Scotia that "people have cried over it, argued about it, even penned song lyrics in its honor." Tourism Travel between Halifax and Boston is common, particularly in the summer months. A ferry service runs between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia taking cars and passengers across the Gulf of Maine. There are also regular direct flights between Boston's Logan International Airport and Halifax's Stanfield International Airport. Trade and commerce There is currently a weekly container feeder service between the port of Halifax and the port of Boston. This gives Boston access to 20 shipping lines which come in to Halifax. There is also a thrice weekly train run by Pan Am Railways and the New Brunswick Southern Railway dubbed The Bluenose. Freight is run by Canadian National Railway from the port of Halifax to Saint John, New Brunswick, where it is then transferred to the New Brunswick Southern to be sent to Pan Am in Waterville, Maine. From there, freight is sent to an intermodal facility in Worcester, Massachusetts for distribution in Greater Boston or further transfer to CSX Transportation. The Hibernia Atlantic, a submarine communications cable, runs from Boston to Halifax via landing points in Lynn, Massachusetts and Herring Cove, Nova Scotia with a capacity of 10.6 Terabytes/second. The cable also continues across the Atlantic Ocean to connect the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Sports A notable proportion of Nova Scotians (and Haligonians in particular) identify as supporters of Boston's major professional sports league teams. Following the Boston Red Sox victory in the 2007 World Series, the trophy was brought to Halifax for two days. The Stanley Cup, the Larry O'Brien Trophy, and the Vince Lombardi Trophy have also been