... a fur trade with coastal Indians. Cook kept traveling north to the Arctic Ocean but big icebergs blocked out the expedition, but Cook still charted the coast from his ship. He was the first sea captain to prevent the spread of scurvy a water disease aboard his ships by serving fruit and sauerkraut. ... He was also one of the first to carry a chronometer, which is a compass thus helped him find the exact position of the coast for other explorers. Cook sailed around the globe twice, which leads to make many colonies throughout the Pacific for the British. Hawaiian natives stabbed Cook to ...

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... is that 61 of those resulting deaths (and subsequent property damage) occur in far-off Hawaii and 122 more on the even further coast of Japan. What possibly could have linked such distant coasts to this same catastrophe? The answer is the natural wonder known as a tsunami ... it once stood whole may cause a breakdown or clogging of the infrastructure or highway systems that were created a considerable distance away from the coast for the very reason of not being influenced by coastal activity. Not as devastating a consequence as one might think, but nevertheless a contributing ... its ...

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... of water El Niño (Spanish name for the male child), initially referred to a weak, warm current appearing annually around Christmas time along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and lasting only a few weeks to a month or more. Every three to seven years, an El Niño event may ... roughly half a meter higher in the western Pacific. As upwelling persists, the level of the thermocline rises to shallower depths off the South American coast and is depressed in the western Pacific. The upwelled water is rich in nutrients and supports an abundance of fish and marine life. As surface ... , Cuba, U.S....

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... natural divider in the form of a mountain range. With a unique height of 4,000 feet, the Great Dividing Range, or Eastern Highlands, separates the coast from the inland territory. But, there is one peak in all of Australia that surpasses these tall mountains. The peak of Mount Kosciusko stands taller than ... Dampier landed, but was not impressed with resources. It was not until 1770, when Captain James Cook discovered the east coast, which was very fertile. He sailed North to the coast, and claimed the territory for Great Britain. Soon enough, in 1788, the first British settlement was ma...

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... geologic history in the last 200 million years, each named for the dominant continental arc in that period: 1. The Omineca Episode (180-115 million years) 2. The Coast Range Episode (115-57 million years) 3. The Challis Episode (57-37 million years) 4. The Cascade Episode (37 million years to the present). During the Omineca Episode ... welded to the continent, and adjacent to where the island used to appear, a group of volcanoes rose out of the ocean. The Coast Range Episode is when another chain of volcanic islands collided with the continent and molded into it. Both during the Omineca...

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... effort. The most powerful and most crucial part of American defense in the Pacific Ocean was that of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. This fleet was usually stationed somewhere along the west coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war threatening, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States west coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived at Pe...

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... are Brazil and Venezuela to the east, Panama to the north-west, and Ecuador and Peru to the south. Colombia is the only South American country that's coast is on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. There are eight islands under Colombian rule, and they are San Andres, Providencia, San Bernado, Islas del ... region of Colombia has an average temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and are from sea level to three thousand feet. This area is along the Pacific coast and in the eastern jungle region. Regions from three to six thousand feet above sea level have an average temperature of 65.5...

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... WORKERS WENT TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. SURPLUS LABOR AND UNEMPLOYMENT THERE PUT A BRAKE ON THIS IMMIGRATION. DURING THE 1920"S FILIPINOS ALSO ARRIVED IN PACIFIC COAST STATES FROM THE PHILLIPINES AND THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. AFTER 1934, WITH IMMIGRATION REGULATED , WEST COAST PORTS HAD VIRTUALLY NO NEW ARRIVALS. BETWEEN 1965 AND 1974, FILIPINO IMMIGRATION INCREASED 949.7 PERCENT AS 210,269 IMMIGRANTS ENTERED THE U.S. IN THAT ... STATES , BUT ONLY 406 LIVED OUTSIDE OF HAWAII. BY 1920, 5,603 FILIPINOS LIVED IN ALASKA OR ON THE MAILAND AS YOUNG FILIPINOS. JUST UNDER FOUR THOUSAND RESIDED ON THE PAC...

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... the next target of Japan. The Kokoda Trail stretches for almost 200 kilometers between the New Guinea capital city, Port Moresby, on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, and the towns of Papua New Guinea's northern coast. The rough trail cuts through the towering Owen Stanley Range the sloping mountains of which are so steep in places that it requires mountaineering ... , when it rains, water and mud run down the mountainsides in torrents, The village of Kokoda lies along the trail, approximately halfway between Buna on the north coast and Port Moresby on the south coast. Kokada was t...

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... awhile, but then decided to enlist in the Royal navy as an able seaman aboard the sixty-gun ship Eagle and was sent to the North American coast. In 1768, James Cook was selected to lead an expedition to observe the transit of Venus, and to explore new lands in the Pacific Ocean, ... his first voyage. On that voyage he observed the transit and mapped New Zealand, discovered it's southern island and mapped eastern coast of Australia. He later decided to lead a second voyage to confirm existence of a southern continent. On that voyage he discovered New Hebrides and New Caledonia. He ... aw...

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... the probably the most valuable historic old landmark left to State of California and very first public dramatic entertainment given to the people on the Pacific Coast ( File 43 ). This building was originally built in 1844 by a man named Jack Swan. He arrived in Monterey on the ship from Mexico ... in 1855, the property was assess to be of $ 2,000 value. In the fall of 1848 , four army volunteers who came from the East Coast on military duty asked Jack to do plays at his building for pay. "Three local characters were designated as "Tips, Taps, and Tops". "This ... two minstrel performance...

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... began with the Merchant Marines (Beaglehole 205). Like the Endeavor, James Cook possessed the exact qualities the Admiralty had wanted. For four years, starting in 1763, Cook had navigated the coast of Newfoundland, charting its bays and inlets with precision. More than once he had received praise from the highest levels of the Royal Navy for his superb seamanship, and the ... been on watch at the ships masthead. The boy was subsequently given a different honor; Cook named a promontory near the landfall for him: Young Nick's Head. The Endeavor had reached the coast of the northern islan...

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... then attack here. " The strongest and most powerful part of the American defense in the Pacific Ocean was the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Usually, this fleet was stationed somewhere along the West Coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war approaching, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States West Coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived...

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... more and more stable, the country began to expand. First, it captured places in the South, and then began its move West. By the late 1800s, America reached from one coast to the other, yet Americans still wanted more, so they looked to their neighbors. The expansionism of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was mostly a continuation of ... and over again in American history. And in each instance, it seems like people almost always were moving west. European powers explored the Americas, America explored into the West coast, and the West coast explored the Pacific...

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... land: 6% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 54% forests and woodland: 19% other: 21% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 21,070 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: cyclones along the coast; severe droughts Environment - current issues: soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for ... agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the ...

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... , including toothpaste and ice cream. Kelp also serves as a buffer by absorbing energy from waves before the waves hit the shoreline, protecting many of the sandy beaches along the California coast. Another important marine plant is phytoplankton. These are tiny plants that serve as food for many of the ocean creatures from the smallest of fish to large whales. The ocean ... Baja California and the Gulf of California. It is in these waters where mating and calving take place. From the Bering Sea, the whales travel down the North American Pacific coast during the months of November throug...

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... . But, that is not usually what it looks like. Tsunamis are caused by an underwater disturbance, such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. If you are on the coast watching the tides, you will see that the water recedes quite a lot--about 10 feet. Even though people notice this happening, they just dismiss it as weird and nothing to ... worry about. Then, small ripples begin to swirl further away from the coastline. After that, a larger wave comes upon the coast--the wave may be tall or short, but that doesn't really matter in the long run. Water starts rushing in...

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... ,Arahuka,Tabiteuea,Beru, Niknuia,Onotoa,Tamana,Ororae, And Banaba. It wasn't till 1830 that trade was Established on the gilbert islands and this is because Europeans began trading on the Coast's of the islands. The people of these islands did not know what was out there besides There islands and the many things they had on it. So when traders came ... things that they had brought. For ten years nothing but trading went on And life was at the same pace. But in the 1840's whaling became very popular along there Coast's and so the islands became some what of a home base for many whalers of...

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... untouched by civilization. This is why we will talk about only one of the many cultures in Indonesia: the one of the Mentawais. Just 60 sea miles of the western coast of Sumatra there are a group of islands called Mentwai. The largest one is called Pulau Siberut. Looking south there is Pulau Sipora, Pulau Pagai Utara and Pulau Pagai Selatan. The ... were all extremely excited from this living experience. A few days later we took a boat that brought us to the Metawai islands which are approximately 60 nautical miles of the West coast of Sumatra there we had to meet with the nuns of the C...

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... Concepcion, the Victoria, and the Santiago. The ships set sail on their journey on September 20, 1519 from a port in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain. The ships sailed south along the coast of Africa until they reached the equator. They then turned to head across the Atlantic Ocean toward northern Brazil. They reached South America at a city in Brazil called Recife. The ... fleet continued down the coast in search of a passageway through South America. Trades were made in Rio de Janeiro with native Americans in December. Port San Julian in Argentina gave the crew winter shelter for ... ...

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The California sea lion is a type of seal that lives in cool waters off the rocky coast of western North America. This marine mammal makes a roaring noise, barks, and honks. Sea lions are marine mammals that have long torpedo shaped bodies covered in short coarse hair. They ... added adaptation of being able to turn forward so that they can be used to aid movement on land. The Californian Sea Lion has a range from the North American Pacific coast: South of Vancouver down to Baja California and the Galapagos Islands. They live on Islands, but they also live on isolated stretches of rocky bea...

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... wanted to do something different and helpful. Before becoming a great navigator and everything else had become to be he work on a ship that brought coal up and down the east coast. From there he became a captain who sailed to many unkknown places and charted them. Cook was the first European to reach and chart the east ... coast of Australia and the islands of New Zealand, Hawaii and Tahiti. He made a path for many who followed him, and contributed map and charts of the seas he had sailed. ... ...

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... formed is when plates move over these "Hot Spots" (see diagram one). Most of the world's volcanoes are located at the edges of the Pacific Ocean, the west coast of America, the east coast of Siberia, the Philippines, and Japan. Very commonly known is the "Ring of Fire" that stretches from the islands of New Guinea to New Zealand. Recent volcanic activities ... ...

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... direction, switching from westward to eastward. When this happens, a body of warm water that normally collects in the ocean just east of the Australian continent begins to move toward the coast of Peru. Warm air rising from the surface of this water (which can be as much as 12 degrees above normal) acts like a rudder, redirecting the path of the earth ... of warm water flows from Australia to Peru it also has the effect of slowing or stopping the rise of cold, nutrient rich water that typically appears along the western coast of South America. This cold high-oxygen water would usually r...

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... better than in China. Taiwan is an island, the total land area is about 36000 square kilometers and the population is about 23,000,000. It lies off the southeast coast China. Between Taiwan and China is Taiwan Strait. To the north is Japan, to the south is Philippines, and the Pacific Ocean is in the west. Its shape is like ... ...

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