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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Alaska 1958
Author: Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska
Author: Donald John MillerPublisher:
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Category : Lituya Bay (Alaska).
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
A timely account of the nature and possible causes of certain giant waves, with eyewitness reports of their destructive capacity.
Science in Alaska 1958, Proceedings 9th Alaskan Science Conference, College, Alaska, Sept. 2 to 5, 1958
Author: Alaska) Alaskan Science Conference (9th : 1958 : CollegePublisher:
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Alaska, Its Economy and Market Potential
Author: United States. Business and Defense Services Administration. Office of DistributionPublisher:
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Study which attempts to present an objective, concise and balanced review of the present-day Alaskan economy.
Wildest Alaska
Author: Philip L. FradkinPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520224674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This compelling and eerie memoir tells of his odyssey through recorded history and eventually to the bay iteslf, as he explores the dark and unyielding side of nature."--BOOK JACKET.
Alaska, an Appraisal of the Health and Nutritional Status of the Eskimo
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Alaska
Author: Claus M. NaskePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.
Pelagic Fur Seal Investigations, Alaska, 1963
Author: Clifford H. FiscusPublisher:
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Category : Northern fur seal
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Science in Alaska, 1958
Author: General Aviation in Alaska, 1958
Author: United States. Federal Aviation AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Private flying
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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