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    Hunting Research Paper

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    Tips and advice for hunting. It is very hard to hunt in Alaska with low temperatures in such a big state. Its important to plan ahead and start the application process very early (by: Daniel Hicks) to ensure the best opportunities when hunting. The sub-zero temperatures(by :Kevin Wilson) make it very hard. So always stay moving and dress warm‚ comfortable‚ and in layers.Also‚ you should always be prepared physically and mentally for tough weather at all times. What you will need to be prepared

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    John Colter and Tom Murphy are similar in many way’s‚ which you’ll learn in this essay. From the clothes they brought to the materials they had and also the weather. there where some way’s they where also different. as you’ll also learn. some similarities are that they both traveled through Yellowstone alone in the winter. Tom Murphy went exploring alone in Yellowstone in the winter. John Colter traveled Yellowstone by himself but much earlier‚ also in the winter. The two had to endear freezing

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    Jack London Fire

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    In the short story to build a fire by Jack London‚ we are introduced to an unnamed character who can be described as ignorant and carless. The man has to travel through the deep snow for several miles with a dog to meet with the boys. Later on in the story‚ he is troubled by the harsh weather and is forced numerous times to build a fire. The man is considered to be the dynamic character due the drastic changes he undergoes such as how he becomes more cautious in the decisions he makes. The author

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    Never Cry Wolf Analysis

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    In the intriguing story of “Never Cry Wolf‚” Farley Mowat shares his experience studying Arctic wolves and caribou on an investigation in the Barren Lands of central Keewatin. What I presumed to be a dull memoir on wolves‚ turned out to be an emotional and nearly humorous text about a naturalist becoming fond of Arctic wolves. Mowat has an elaborate use of diction as well as syntax‚ imagery‚ pathos and anthropomorphism. From a personal experience‚ I find it hard reading out of my comfort zone and

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    To Build a Fire

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    The short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man traveling along the Yukon River in the bitter winter weather.  While warned against traveling alone in the frigid cold‚ he travels out to meet his companions at a remote camp many miles away‚ with only his native Husky dog.  Overcome by mother nature‚ he eventually dies along the way‚ leaving his dog to complete the journey alone.  This story displays how the forces of nature can surprisingly overwhelm even the most confident

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    White Horse

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    continent like a great wall. It consists of range after range of mountains separated by plateaus and valleys. This region also consists of several mountain ranges about 700 kilometers wide. This city is located in the cordilleriean climate region: The Yukon has a subarctic climate climate. The high altitude of much of the territory and the seaward climate provide relatively warm summers with temperatures frequently reaching 27 degrees. This city is located in the cordillerean vegetation region. The

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    Santa Clara in California. But he got taken to the Yukon. He goes from a dog who goes swimming in a pool to a ghost dog that leads a pack of wolves in the Yukon. Dogs in the Yukon have to prove that they can’t get knocked down in a fight‚ killed or be beaten. In the Yukon you have to be able to survive. When Buck was at Judge Miller’s estate he didn’t really get how hard a dog’s life was in the wilderness until he got to the Yukon.In the Yukon if you got knocked down in a fight you were most likely

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    The Klondike Gold Rush‚ also called the Yukon Gold Rush‚ the Alaska Gold Rush‚ the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush‚ was a migration by an estimated 100‚000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there on August 16‚ 1896 and‚ when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year‚ it triggered a "stampede" of prospectors. The journey proved too hard for many‚ and only between 30‚000 and 40‚000 arrived

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    “To Build a Fire” is a naturalist’s view of the harsh peril that the Yukon can hold. The characters were all in the Yukon and each had different fates due to the willingness to accept the rules of such a harsh climate. The tone and mood help set up such a naturalistic story where one should not trifle with nature. Throughout the story the main character fights himself and the elements to try to survive. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London shows how the dismissal of knowledge and experience due to self-confidence

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    situations into the novel. The novel is about a dog named Buck dealing with these life or death situations in the Yukon and Buck coming to a fully domestic dog to a fully wild animal.The novel test Bucks strength for survival in the Yukon. One event that took place that shows Buck dealing with survival in the Yukon. The Quote will take place when it’s Buck’s first night in the Yukon‚ Buck just stole food from Francois and Perrault. “This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland

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