When a giant awakens
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Residents of Anchorage, AK, now watch Mount Spurr more closely after a series of volcanic eruptions took place. The first eruption spewed ashes in the air in Jun 1992. In Aug 1992, the second eruption closed four airports and engulfed the city in an ash-dark cloud.
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
Health aspects, Volcanoes
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
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Symbol of the arctic
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Biologist Steve Amstrup is paid by oil companies to keep track of Alaska's polar bear population. The research costs $3,500 a day, so his work is limited. He tags bears, tracks them and estimated the total Alaska population at over 3,000.
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1993
Research, Polar bear
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1993
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Subjects list: Natural history, Alaska
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