"The end of the world": The Denali fault earthquake was a global event that shook the interior to its core

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The magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake, which struck on November 3, 2002, ruptured the surface along the Denali Fault System for 209 miles. The quake triggered many landslides, mostly in the Alaska Range, when mountainsides gave way burying valleys and glaciers in rock and ice up to 15 feet thick.

Analysis, Environmental aspects, Earthquake damage, Mount McKinley

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Jewels at the heart of Alaska; Fairbanks and Denali National Park and Preserve

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Descriptions of the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Denali National Park, which is some two and a half hours away is presented. Fairbanks is city in which the old and traditional blend, while Denali features Mount McKinley and other spectacular mountains.

Description and travel, National parks and reserves, National parks, Fairbanks, Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

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The maiden voyage of the Ohh-La-la; folks in Fairbanks agree on two things: Jacques Berthomier's boat is big, very big, and his plan to float it down the Yukon is crazy, very crazy

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Berthomier and his family want to take their 72 foot-long catamaran from Alaska to the Florida Keys. They will travel along 1,000 miles of very difficult sailing in the Chena, Tanana and Yukon Rivers.

Personal narratives, Recreation, Sailing, Yukon River

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