Monuments in cedar

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An analysis of modern and traditional totem poles in the Southeast Alaska and British Columbia regions. While modern totem poles can be freer in their artistic form, traditional totem poles are laden with a meaning that can be ascertained by examining the larger cultural framework of the clan that erected the pole.

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Treadwell's bears

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Nick Jans discussed about the incident that had become the controversial issue about the bear photographer and activist Timothy Treadwell who had died near the lake Kaflia in Katmai National Park. He was along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard and they were mauled, killed and eaten by a brown bear.

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These small lives

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Tundra dominates most of the North Slope of the Brooks Range of Alaska, most of western Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Nearly one-third of Alaska is tundra and associated shrub land.

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