where discarded rock is stored after the ore has been removed. It’s covered with a shallow layer of water to prevent acidification. I believe that the mine and the fishery can coexist. (Haggard‚ 2011) FACT As a Yupik Eskimo from a rural area of Alaska‚ I have reasons to disagree with Carolyn Haggard of Wasilla and her statement of: “I believe that the mine and the fishery can coexist.” I strongly believe that one of Alaska’s most valuable resource- wild salmon‚ will‚ no doubt‚ be contaminated
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settlements in what is known today as North America. Long before any ships sailed from Europe in search of new land and a haven from the turmoil‚ starvation and disease that plagued their homeland‚ these nomadic hunters from Siberia had “discovered” Alaska and migrated in droves due to a more hospitable weather that was conducive to their nomadic lifestyle. The first passage of people from Asia to America probably took place during the prehistoric glacial period-either before 35‚000 B.C.E. or about
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For years there has been an environmental debate on whether oil drilling should begin in the largest refuge in the United States‚ Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR]. High potential for oil within the refuge is estimated but the environmental impacts of oil drilling is harmful and destructive. Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge has pros and cons‚ however‚ cons are more significant as it deals with the environment and animals rather than politics and the economy. Pollution
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The Pursuit of Happiness For countless ages the human race has had a deep connection with the wilderness‚ and many have found their way back to live off the land. It can be an escape for peace‚ and for introspection. For Chris McCandless‚ recently graduated from Emory University‚ it was not just a journey but more of a test of his self-worth. It was in testing himself that McCandless found his peace‚ but at a grave cost. His obsessions‚ with Jack London ’s romantic wilderness and Leo Tolstoy
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best seller after Into Thin Air‚ a personal experience were he almost died and escaped the grasp of death itself. As Krakauer was known as a best selling author‚ Outsiders Magazine offered him the opportunity to write about a young man who died in Alaska by unknown circumstances. As Krakauer wrote the reported death of this unknown young man‚ he became obsessed with the mans death. Later on in the investigation the young mans identity was known as Christopher Johnson McCandless and Krakauer found
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In a society where people tend to follow the trend‚ money and possession are all valuable‚ but to McCandless‚ a twenty two year old hitchhiker‚ nothing is more important than freedom. Jon Krakauer wrote the novel Into The Wild because McCandless’s life fascinated him. Through Krakauer’s guidance‚ we are able to see McCandless’s characteristics‚ his point of view towards life‚ his reasons for leaving home‚ and similar cases to his. In some people’s eyes‚ Chris McCandless may seem as an impulsive
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parent’s visit to the site on the book’s epilogue gives a satisfying ending to the readers. The maps are useful. The two page map that is also the first map shown in the book has the illustration of the route that Chris took to get from Atlanta to Alaska. It’s astonishing to see how far and wide his urge to travel and live life to its fullest brought him to different places and adventures. When the reader reaches the part of his story in the book that mentions the start of his journey into the Alaskan
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Many people don’t realize that our actions can affect the people around us. Alaska acts as a whirlwind in Mile’s life. Changing who he is and dealing with that is the heart of the book. It’s not the controversial side-events of a teen’s life (smoking‚ drinking‚ cursing‚ having “sexual relations”) that define a person or this book. It is the lesson of the mercurial nature of life and that change is an active verb not a static noun. High school is a time of life in which everything is in flux‚ your
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ENG 112 Body Paragraph Chris McCandless‘s admirers are wrong to believe that he was a deeply honest person. At some moments in Into the Wild‚ he was not an honest person. According to Westerberg‚ a McCandless’s friend‚ said‚ “He never explained why he’d changed his name” (Krakauer 18). When McCandless decided to make a trip into the wild‚ he changed his name; he did not even bring any identification with him. During the trip‚ everybody knew about him under the name Alex. Westerberg was a friend
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In the book Into The Wild‚ Chris Mccandless a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He gave up his savings to a charity‚ abandoned his car and most of his possessions‚ burned all his cash‚ and went to live off the environment. Four months later his decomposed body was found in an abandoned bus by a moose hunter. People from all over heard of his story and put theories as to why he went into the wild in the first place‚
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