Still Points North

by Leigh Newman

Still Points North

Author: Leigh Newman

Publisher: NY Books

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Part adventure story, part love story, part homecoming, Still Points North is a page-turning memoir that explores the extremes of belonging and exile, and the difference between how to survive and knowing how to truly live. Growing up in the wilds of Alaska, seven-year-old Leigh Newman spent her time landing silver salmon, hiking glaciers, and flying in a single-prop plane. But her life split in two when her parents unexpectedly divorced, requiring her to spend summers on the tundra with her “Great Alaskan” father and the school year in Baltimore with her more urbane mother. Navigating the fraught terrain of her family’s unraveling, Newman did what any outdoorsman would do: She adapted. With her father she fished remote rivers, hunted caribou, and packed her own shotgun shells. With her mother she memorized the names of antique furniture, composed proper bread-and-butter notes, and studied Latin poetry at a private girl’s school....

Alaska

by United States. Territories Office

MILEAGE — Chief Highway Points from FAIRBANKS toMILEAGE — Chief
Highway Points from ANCHORAGE to— Via Palmer Highway : Palmer # Wasilla
Willow • Knik • Goose Bay Points North : College Fox ( Jct . Steese and Elliott
Hwy . ) ...

Alaska

Author: United States. Territories Office

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Page: 65

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Alaska Adventure Guide

by Melissa DeVaughn

It has a bustling international airport that services passengers and cargo from all
over the world. The Alaska Railroad still travels to points north and south. And
two main highways access the Interior and Kenai Peninsula. There are a variety
of ...

Alaska Adventure Guide

Author: Melissa DeVaughn

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

ISBN: 0897329066

Page: 448

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Since Alaska is so large and its options so varied, this guide is organized primarily to help travelers zero in on the activity or activities that most appeal to them. The first ten chapters focus solely on adventure travel, each devoted to a single activity. The five regional chapters that follow focus mainly on the basics in a given area of the state — getting around, shopping, lodging, dining, and entertainment. The objective is not to provide the most information about destinations or attractions, but rather, the most useful information. Any destination or outfitter listed here has made the cut by proving itself a wonderful place to visit or a reliable company with which to do business.

All Points North

by Simon Armitage

This is why in northern parts of Sweden the suicide rate goes through the roof
during the dark six winter months. And the cure is very ... Song: 'North to Alaska'
Caroline Wolf: Then towards the spring the sun is coming back. In February it
starts ...

All Points North

Author: Simon Armitage

Publisher: Penguin UK

ISBN: 0141923970

Page: 256

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'A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory' Sue Townsend, Sunday Times _____________________________________ All Points North is part-memoir and part-excursion. Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - Simon Armitage explores growing up and being Northern. It's about humour, language, writing, film, houses, homes, time wasters, one loose tyre, you, me and all points in-between. _____________________________________ 'Laugh-out-loud funny' Independent 'A delight' Jonathan Raban, Times Literary Supplement 'A perfect holiday dipper' Scotsman 'An Alan Bennett-style diary' Daily Telegraph

North American Datum of 1983

by

... Adjustment 25,000 Points 250,000 Points Best Fitting North America
Worldwide * Length of equatorial semimajor axis ( a ) ... Accuracies deteriorate in
regions that are deficient in geodetic control , such as many parts of Alaska and
offshore ...

North American Datum of 1983

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Geology of the Mount McKinley Quadrangle Alaska

by John Calvin Reed (Jr.)

A pegmatite dike cutting the intricately folded gneiss and schist of unit a .
Hammer points north in area 3 adjacent to the Sumdum Glacier . The largest
pegmatite bodies consist mainly of sills . They. E18 MINERAL RESOURCES OF
ALASKA.

Geology of the Mount McKinley Quadrangle Alaska

Author: John Calvin Reed (Jr.)

Publisher:

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Page: 36

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A synthesis of available information on stratigraphy, structure, and mineral deposits.

Good Time Girls of the Alaska Yukon Gold Rush

by Lael Morgan

There he worked in a beer garden and as a prize-fighter (hating both jobs), and
also in theater, first as an usher and handyman and later in pantomime.21
Catching gold fever, Alexander embarked for points north with about GOOD TIME
 ...

Good Time Girls of the Alaska Yukon Gold Rush

Author: Lael Morgan

Publisher: Epicenter Press

ISBN: 9780945397762

Page: 352

View: 860

Morgan offers an authentic and deliciously humorous account of the prostitutes and other "disreputable" women who were the earliest female pioneers of the Far North. At the turn of the century, tens of thousands of Americans left their homes, escaping a worldwide depression & the restraints of the Victorian Era, to stampede to Alaska & the Yukon, where millions of dollars in gold was being discovered in remote, subartic mining camps. Women accompanied the men on the long journey to the Far North--more often prostitutes, dance hall girls & entertainers than respectful wives & schoolteachers. These are the girls of the demimonde, that "half world" of disreputable women who lived on the outskirts of society. Meet "Dutch Kate" Wilson, who pioneered many areas long before the "respectable" women who received credit for getting there first; ruthless heartbreakers Cad Wilson & Rose Blumkin; "French Marie" Larose, who auctioned herself off as a wife to the highest bidder; & Edith Neile, called the "Oregon Mare," famous for both her outlandish behavior & her soft-hearted generosity. These "good time girls" crossed geographic & social frontiers, finding freedom, independence, hardship, heartbreak & sometimes astonishing wealth. They were an important part of this key chapter in the history of the West, which holds a special place in the American imagination.

Crossroads of the Natural World

by Tom Earnhardt

One commonly cited climate calculation used by the North Carolina Museum of
Natural Sciences holds that every 1,000 ... including Tundra Swans, Snow Geese
, and numerous ducks, from Alaska, Canada, and other points north use North ...

Crossroads of the Natural World

Author: Tom Earnhardt

Publisher: UNC Press Books

ISBN: 146960700X

Page: 328

View: 132

In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled biodiversity of today. With varied topography and a climate that is simultaneously subtropical, temperate, and subarctic, he shows that North Carolina is a meeting place for living things more commonly found far to the north and south. Highlighting the ways in which the state is a unique ecological crossroads, Earnhardt's research, insightful writing, and stunning photography will both teach and inspire. Crossroads of the Natural World invites readers to engage a variety of topics, including the impacts of invasive species, the importance of forested buffers along our rivers, the role of naturalists, and the challenges facing the state in a time of climate change and sea-level rise. By sharing his own journey of more than sixty years, Earnhardt entices North Carolinians of every age to explore the natural diversity of our state.

Eighteen Wheels North to Alaska

by Cliff Bishop

" Eighteen Wheels North to Alaska: A History of Trucking in Alaska is the story of Alaskan drivers who guided, coaxed, pushed, pulled, plowed, and somehow made it to the end of the road--and beyond--over high mountain passes, whiteout ...

Eighteen Wheels North to Alaska

Author: Cliff Bishop

Publisher: Publication Consultants

ISBN: 1594331812

Page: 224

View: 218

In spite of the obstacles the Alaska truckers were presented with they never weakened in their determination to get the job done. These pioneer drivers never conquered or tamed Alaska's roads and weather, but they learned to operate on the back trails and paths--always making their way to the trip's end. In spite of all the challenges, they never quit. The following from Teddy Roosevelt is an appropriate salute to Alaskan truckers: "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that high place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Eighteen Wheels North to Alaska: A History of Trucking in Alaska is the story of Alaskan drivers who guided, coaxed, pushed, pulled, plowed, and somehow made it to the end of the road--and beyond--over high mountain passes, whiteout conditions, seventy below zero temperature, through mud, muck, and tundra terrain--even onto the Arctic Ocean ice beyond the shore.

Records of North American Big Game

by Boone and Crockett Club

In addition, it is believed that the National Collection in Cody is the only collection
in North America that displays ... (Mount owned by the National Collection). m
Polar Bear, 27-9/16 points, taken by Pat Auld, off Point Hope, Alaska, 1964.

Records of North American Big Game

Author: Boone and Crockett Club

Publisher: Boone and Crockett Club

ISBN: 9780940864511

Page: 904

View: 335

This is the one collectors of big game hunting books have been waiting for! Records of North American Big Game is a one-of-a-kind big game records book that lives up to its longstanding reputation as "The Book" of native North American big game trophies. In its twelfth edition since the original book was published nearly seventy-five years ago, this latest edition has over 800-pages filled with valuable information for today''s hunters, outdoorsmen, and game managers. A total of thirty-eight different categories of North American big game are recognized and, as a testament to the success of today''s conservation and big game management efforts, a record-setting twelve new World''s Records are featured in this edition. Photographs and the stories behind these new World''s Records are included along with the photographs and stories about the other twenty-six World''s Records that the Club currently recognizes. New to this edition is a focus on showing as many of top-scoring trophies dating back to 1932 as possible. We''ve raided the Club''s records-keeping archives and found hundreds of photographs of top-scoring trophies that haven''t been published for decades. Before each category''s trophy list, readers will be delighted to view these photographs from history and track their individual measurements in the listings that follow. The Boone and Crockett Club has also put together an image-packed CD-ROM that includes desktop pictures featuring the top trophies, screen savers, downloadable score charts and more. Along with the detailed listing of over 22,000 trophies ranked by their all-time scores, this book also includes eight chapters by some of today''s most popular outdoor writers including Bob Robb, Gordon Whittington, Wayne Van Zwoll, and Jim Shockey. Hunters who pick up this book will enjoy reading about memorable hunting experiences, why and how antlers grow, along with chapters about the Sagamore Hill Award (the highest award given by B&C), the National Collection of Heads and Horns, and more. Records of North American Big Game is much more than a book of records-keeping statistics, it is a history book of big game animals in North America. Informative chapters, hunting stories, and hundreds of portrait and field photographs make this book an exceptional resource for hunters and sportsmen and provides hours of reading enjoyment.

North to Alaska with a No Account Cat

by Herb Williams

The first eleven miles was a steep climb, and while the pull-offs were safer and
more convenient to use, the location of waterfalls and other points of interest I
had memorized on the way down, failed to register on the way up until it was
almost ...

North to Alaska with a No Account Cat

Author: Herb Williams

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 1105627942

Page: 336

View: 116

The last frontier; a ninety day, 5,000 mile motorhome journey from Vancouver, British Columbia to Fort Macleod, Alberta, by way of Alaska and the Yukon. With his wife, Sharon, and a "no-account" cat named Pickles (the no-account label is explained in chapter two) he traveled virtually every major road, and several minor ones, throughout the interior of the vast land to the north. In the same humorous/historical style as Bill Bryson and Dave Barry, North to Alaska with a No-Account Cat becomes a testament to the pristine scenery, colorful inhabitants, frontier-like towns and exciting adventures found in the land of the midnight sun. Share unique adventures in places such as the Sign Post Forest, in Watson Lake, Yukon, Halibut Cove, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and Prince William Sound near Anchorage, Alaska, home to twenty-six glaciers, the most spectacular-Meares and Columbia. Bon Voyage!

A Reconnaissance in Northern Alaska Across the Rocky Mountains Along Koyukuk John Anaktuvuk and Colville Rivers and the Arctic Coast to Cape Lisburne in 1901

by Frank Charles Schrader

This is especially true with reference to the structural relations of the Paleozoic
rocks in the northern part of the range ... The time devoted to actual field work in
carrying the line from Bergman , on the Arctic Circle , to Pitt Point , on the Arctic ...

A Reconnaissance in Northern Alaska Across the Rocky Mountains Along Koyukuk John Anaktuvuk and Colville Rivers and the Arctic Coast to Cape Lisburne in 1901

Author: Frank Charles Schrader

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 139

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Alaska native culture and history

by Yoshinobu Kotani

adjacent interior and core and blade material recently discovered by Dumond on
the base of the Alaska Peninsula [ REGER 1978 : 9 ) . Beluga Point North
Component II has yielded a respectable assemblage of parallel sided ,
contracting ...

Alaska native culture and history

Author: Yoshinobu Kotani

Publisher:

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