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Alaska

Rain, cold, and hail. Watching the "termination dust" creep down the mountains into the Anchorage bowl. Having a mama moose show up with two or three babies in tow. Watching your trees shrivel in the cold. Running out to the hot tub in a bikini in twenty degree weather. Dropping your towel in the water. Chasing after your dog in your bikini after he darts out the door when you want back inside.
             Winter is famed for being pitch black and cold back home. Although there isn't much sunlight and it can get very depressing, even the most miserable season in Alaska is beautiful. There are nights in winter when the sky turns red with snow and mornings when you wake up to a cobalt blue sky and an intensely white landscape. Trees laden with so much snow that it seems the branches will snap under another flake. Untouched powder in the backyard that will be despoiled by moose tracks within days or even hours. Power lines camouflaged with inches of snow so much so that they look like marshmallows. Black and white chickadees fluttering around like crazy things through the glittery snow. Green wreaths with red ribbons and frost decorating mailboxes concealed by feet of snow. There are nights when you don't want the sun to come up. Nights during winter that are accented by a roaring bonfire and good friends. Nights when the Northern Lights come out unexpectedly and dance for you. When wolves howl at the crystal clear moon dangling over the inlet and stars dot the sky with unsystematic precision. Nights when all you need is good music and a six foot fire. When all you need is a tent, someone to snuggle, wool socks, and a hug.
             Spring, when everything is melty and gross. The days are getting longer in five to ten minute increments daily. The lakes aren't thawed until May but that stops no one from trying the water out anyways. Softball practice takes place daily on squishy football fields.


Essays Related to Alaska

1. Business Overview - Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC)

... Milk is a calcium fortified UHT- processed fresh milk without the fat. It contains enhanced level of calcium to keep bones and teeth strong. (Pack Sizes) Alaska Hi-Calcium Non Fat Milk 1 Liter Alaska Fresh 1 Liter Alaska Slim 1 Liter Alaska Choco is the chocolatey drink that's right for your kids because it's made with the goodness of milk so it has the vitamins and minerals ... or sweet milk drink to school or the playground. It's not only delicious it is also very nutritious. Alaska Choco and Alaska Sweet Milk (Pack Sizes) Alaska Choco 236 ml Alaska Choco 185 ml Alaska Choco 110 ml Al...

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2. Alaska

... land-.(Stefoff 12) In 1741, a Russian man named Alexei Chirikof was credited to be the first European to see the mainland. The name Alaska came from the Russian version of Alyeska. Many Russians and Europeans came to explore the land. Private fur-hunters made numerous voyages decimating both the ... the winter months are kept refrigerated and there is a mass burial in the spring. In this interview, Robert Snyder shared some of his memories about Alaska. Alaska is full of wildlife. Some animals that can be found are the beaver, black bear, black-tailed deer, caribou, coyote, and polar bear...

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3. Alaska - The Great Land

... than any other state. When there is a low number of people who live in an area, there is little need for many schools. In Alaska there is about 207 elementary and secondary schools (Encarta 4). 5,000 people attend private schools (Encarta 4). There are only 8 institutions of higher education ... and the enrollment number is a low 28,600 (Encarta 4). A large city in Alaska is not quite as large as, say, New York or Chicago. It has your average places, like, supermarkets, homes, apartments, hotels, luxurious motels, beauty parlors ... communication are not unlike the rest of the United S...

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4. The wolf in Alaska

... to know because if they were hunted, that's just wrong because they are endangered in forty-six other states and they could just relocate the wolf in Alaska. My forth question was, "When are the offspring born, and some general information about the offspring?" I did not know any information about the offspring and ... because the majority of the web sites either had the same information over and over or they were petitions about banning aerial shooting of wolves in Alaska. The first part of my research process was thinking up questions that I wanted to know about the wolf. Then I went o...

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5. Teen Suicide: An Urgent Issue in Alaska

... organize a volunteer program which would be led and taught by teenagers, but supervised and mentored by a team of specialists, doctors, and school faculty. The overall supervision of the Alaska Teen Suicide Prevention Program would fall under the specialists, but the physical teaching and communication of the program would be administered by the volunteer teenagers. This statewide program would be ... suicide patient (234). By offering your services as teenage volunteers, you will have the power to influence, mentor, and treat suicide patients in all parts of the State of Alaska. The pro...

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6. Looking for Alaska by John Green

... to talk about herself or her feelings and warning signs that she had left in her books. There were warning signs that we often don't see. For Alaska, she just needed someone to dig a little deeper. We are quick to make irrational decisions however; we don't understand how those decisions will affect those ... who care about us. In that moment, when Alaska was faced with the decision of life or death, that moment when she was staring into the headlights of the car in front of her and she ... personally were saddened by the horrible tragedy. Walking through the campus you could feel the ...

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7. Trans Alaska Pipeline

... . The pipeline crosses three mountain ranges and over 800 streams and rivers. This system also includes pump stations, communication sites, material sites, a work pad, and access roads. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System, or TAPS, contributes approximately 20% of this nation's domestic oil production. The immense size of this project means there are also immense rewards and challenges. The opportunity for ... the 1974 Federal Grant contains a provision requiring TAPS to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Interior regarding the recruitment, testing, training, placement, employmen...

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8. Animal Activists Take Sarah Palin To Task

... were preying to heavily upon the moose and caribou that Alaskans love to hunt. In addition to hunting down and eliminating the wolves of Alaska, Palin also tried to remove the protected status from polar bears in the region according to Lin. The attempt to remove the polar bears ... . The article states that polar bears are simply being mismanaged. She states, "To help ensure that polar bears are around for centuries to come, Alaska (about a fifth of the world's 25,000 polar bears roam in and around the state) has conducted research and worked closely with the federal government ... to ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

9. Studu of the Trans-Alaska pipeline

... (TAPS). And also how the TAPS affect the environment in the operation. 1.2. Background Since the Prudhoe Bay oil discovery in 1968, United States Government decided to build a pipeline cross through Alaska. Therefore, TAPS has been introduced. TAPS project started from in April 29th 1974 to June 20th 1977 (3 year and 2 months). The total cost of the project worth approximately $8 billion for ... 1-Arctic Constructors About 2000 number of contactor and subcontractors were involved in the TAPS project. (Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Online, 2002) The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

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