Fire and ice

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The effects of global warming are visible in Alaska, as winter temperatures are not as low as they used to be, and the thickness of ice on glaciers is declining. Evidence that other parts of the world will experience lower temperatures and glaciers will form in other parts, and that such climatic change has happened before, is presented

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The greatland

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Alaska is a peninsula with about 33,900 miles of oceanic coastline. Geographers cannot find a unifying description for its shores because they come in different forms. There are capes, sounds, spits, arms, points, deltas, inlets and bays.

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Rain Country

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A description of the coastal rain forest that runs north along the Gulf of Alaska through Prince William Sound is presented. Reference is made to the lush habitat, wildlife, and a climate where the rain governs people's lifestyles.

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