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The song of ice

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The lingering ice on the Kobuk River gives area residents reason for concern. It impacts spring fishing and hunting expeditions. When it finally begins to break, it ruptures in a burst of ice pieces crashing against each other, fighting for space to release their power.

Author: Jans, Nick
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1993
Personal narratives, Column, Rivers, Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.

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The long walk north

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The author discusses the appearance of trees at the Iviisaaq Pass, Alaska. The white spruce trees have survived, some for as long as 100 years, in very cold conditions of minus 30 degrees.

Author: Jans, Nick
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1999
Trees, Snow

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A state of mind

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Swarms of mosquitoes invade Alaska's Redstone Valley area every summer. Their infestations last for only a few days after the ice begins to melt over the tundra.

Author: Jans, Nick
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1993
Mosquitoes

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Subjects list: Environmental aspects, Alaska
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