Alaska is home to many great landmarks and views. In the winter time it is dark all the time and in the summer the sun barely goes down so the best time to plan a trip is in the summer or spring. At Point Barrow the sun remains above the horizon for 84 consecutive days (Alaska 241). Alaska is a very odd state due to its distance away from the equator making the sun hit it at different times of the year. Alaska is a great place to visit and has many things to look at. Alaska was purchased by the
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March 27‚ 1964 a magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska its epicenter located in Prince William Sound‚ 75 miles east of Anchorage. This earthquake was and still is the second larges earthquake ever recorded (Christensen). The plates involved In this major earthquake were the Pacific plate and North American plate. This subduction zone is know as Aleutian-Alaska megathrust zone (Sokolowski). This region was known for its active plate tectonics‚ but this earthquake did come as a surprise to the public
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geography of Alaska is difficult to explore because of the snow‚ ice‚ mountains‚ and animals. It’s hard to explore Alaska because of the snow and ice there. When there is snow it gets really deep and cold including ice when it gets cold the climate drops and there is slippery ice. People in Alaska wait for the ice to melt so it will be easier to travel (Par. 9.) Alaska is where it experiences the most coldest temperature sometimes there is more ice and snow than there is in the U.S. Also Alaska is difficult
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Drilling for oil in Alaska‚ specifically its North Slope region continues to be a controversial topic amongst environmentalists‚ politicians and the oil industry. The North Slope is home to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ as well as the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field and the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4‚ the first oil-drilling site in the state. The government established the 12-million acre Reserve No. 4 in 1923 as a way to supply oil for ensuring national security. There are many arguments for and
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The news of the find was announced by the University of Alaska in a press release (http://news.uaf.edu/museum-excavates-first-elasmosaur-specimen-alaska/)‚ on the 22nd of this month. The fossil was found in the Talkeetna Mountain area by a several people‚ one of which included Anchorage based fossil collector‚ Curvin Metzler. After the initial find‚ Dr
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name “Alaska” is of Native American origin‚ meaning “Great Land.” Alaska Young is without a doubt the most complex character in the book. The name Alaska fits her because there is so much about her and to figure out‚ like a great land. "Little kids can dial 911. They do it all the time. Give me the wine‚" she said‚ deadpan and emotionless.” (Green 150). This shows that she is a very complicated person. Alaska is submersed in Guilt‚ and blame because of her mother’s death. Because of this‚ Alaska becomes
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family a lifetime’s worth of fun and adventure is the state of Alaska: a place filled with vast national parks‚ numerous and exhilarating activities to partake in‚ comfortably warm hotels and restaurants to visit during the colder parts of the year‚ and spectacular mountains to climb and ski on in the winter. As mentioned before‚ there are indeed many vast national parks filled with lush‚ green forests to visit in the state of Alaska‚ such as the renowned and widely-known park‚ Denali
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Reading 1.3 Jackall‚ R. (1988) Chapter 4‚ ‘Looking Up and Looking Around’‚ in Moral Mazes‚ Oxford University Press‚ NY. Abstract In the early sections of “Looking Up and Looking Around” Jackall seeks to explain the reasons behind inadequate decision making processes and ability. The circumstances and environments that cultivate ‘decision-making paralysis’ and a lack of individual decision making ability are explained. Numerous examples and reasons are outlined to communicate a manager’s fear of
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isolated town‚ and the people born and raised in it have seen a sight that many people can’t fathom. Many Americans see the world climate change‚ but don’t take action because they have not seen the major effects of it. Being born and raised in Juneau‚ Alaska I have sadly seen over a dozen glaciers recede at a rapid rate‚ each year being a record-breaking year. Years where snow fall has been minimal because the difference of a few degrees. Unfortunately‚ these unusual years are become the standard. The
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and killed‚ and that] it was quite probable that some of them would laugh. That would never do.” In Orwell’s description‚ he was not afraid of the animal‚ nor was he afraid for the villagers nor of the trauma of them watching him die‚ only of not looking a fool in front of those who he was supposed to be oppressing. For he realized in that moment that he was the one being oppressed in that “when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” Orwell realized that he would have
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