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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards. ... Read more

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Chapters: Atka Island, Umnak, Semisopochnoi Island, Unimak Island, Rat Island, Alaska, Koniuji Island, Oglodak Island, St. Matthew Island, Near Islands, Little Sitkin Island, Agattu, Togiak Lake, Gareloi Island, Nelson Island, Bogoslof Island, Mount Chiginagak, St. George Island, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Mount Akutan, Tanaga Island, Shumagin Islands, Rat Islands, Andreanof Islands, Cape Corwin, Yantarni Volcano, Amak Island, Mount Denison, Nushagak, Alaska, Islands of Four Mountains, Pavlof Islands, Delarof Islands, Hagemeister Island, Ukinrek Maars, Davidof Island, Mount Vsevidof, Korovin Island, Buldir Island, Aziak Island, Sagchudak Island, Mount Carlisle, Amaknak Island, Krenitzin Islands, Adugak Island, Katmai Wilderness, Cape Ugat, Yukon-kuskokwim Delta, Walrus Islands, Hall Island, Ekuk, Alaska, Kusilvak Mountains, Nushagak Bay, Seguam Island, Mount Emmons, Mount Kanaga, Chigmit Mountains, Makushin Volcano, Akun Island, Aniak River, Bobrof Island, Poa Island, Kijik, Alaska, Lake Clark Wilderness, Samalga Island, Egg Island, Dago Creek, Rootok Island, Mount Kaguyak, Nizki Island, Mount Martin, Sitkinak Island, Popof Island, Yunaska Island, Mount Recheshnoi, Chagulak Island, Becharof Lake, Unalga Island, Mount Mageik, Walrus Island, Pribilof Islands, Nushagak River, Norton Sound, Shelikof Strait, Becharof Wilderness, Amlia, Sanak Island, Unga, Alaska, Avatanak Island, Frosty Volcano, Isanotski Peaks, Tugidak Island, Naknek Lake, Semidi Islands, Baby Islands, Unga Island, Spruce Island, Twin Lakes, Ugashik Lakes, Mount Adagdak, Segula Island, Cold Bay Volcano, Herbert Island, Black Peak, Flagstaff Hill, Andronica Island, Aleutian Islands Wilderness, Ugashik River, Sedanka Island, Kanaga Island, Ugashik-Peulik, Tigalda Island, Kagalaska Island, Mount Dutton, Kagamil Island, Semichi Islands, Sanak Islands, Great Sitkin Island, Bering Sea Wilderness, Afognak, Alaska, Kigigak Island, Mount Westdahl, Ohagamiut, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=972647 ... Read more

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Title: Bridging the technology gap: building a development model for rural Alaska (1).
Author: Steven C. Dinero
Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 24Issue: 2Page: 53(25)

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Chapters: Taku River, Mount Fairweather, Alexander Lake, Mendenhall Glacier, Saint Elias Mountains, Kruzof Island, Waterfall, Alaska, Chichagof Island, Kupreanof Island, Pleasant Island, Lava Fork, Dixon Entrance, Douglas Island, Killisnoo Island, Portland Canal, Taiya Inlet, Port Walter, Japonski Island, Wrangell Island, Kuiu Island, Lynn Canal, Wrangell - Saint Elias Wilderness, Bering Glacier, Muir Glacier, Lituya Mountain, Evergreen Cemetery (Juneau, Alaska), Abyss Lake, Tracy Arm, Dall Island, Alsek Ranges, Mount Vancouver, Mount Alverstone, Forrester Island Wilderness, Devils Paw, Swan Lake, Baranof Lake, Mount Verstovia, Mount Arrowhead, Silver Bay, Etolin Island, Yakutat Bay, Duncan Canal, Alaska, Green Lake, Mitkof Island, Chuck River Wilderness, Clarence Strait, Hazy Islands Wilderness, Leconte Glacier, Mount Salisbury, Chatham Strait, Mount Steller, Redoubt Lake, Glacier Bay Wilderness, Zarembo Island, Dipyramid, Fairweather Range, Mount Quincy Adams, Ward Cove, Alaska, Salisbury Sound, Davidson Glacier, Kosciusko Island, Endicott River Wilderness, Suemez Island, Chilkoot Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Douglas Harbor, Camp Lake, Indigo Lake, Lituya Glacier, Mount Bassie, Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Bucareli Bay, Chilkat River, Gastineau Channel, Quartz Gulch, Unuk River, Favor Peak, Lemesurier Island, Manzanita Peak, Riggs Glacier, Zubof Rock, Whiting River, Warm Springs Bay, Eastern Channel, Adam Mountains, Funter Bay, Sam Peak, Craig River, Douglas, Alaska, Woronkofski Island, Indian River, Behm Canal, Mount Furuhelm, Chilkat Range, Russell Fjord, Klehini River, Reid Glacier, Kadin Island, Sebree Island, Warren Island, Yahtse Glacier, Mount Ripinski, Seward Mountains, Fairweather Glacier, Killisnoo, Alaska, New Eddystone Rock, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Sitka Channel, Abc Islands, Lincoln Mountains, Peabody Mountains, Rousseau Range, Halleck Range, Aurora Glacier, Sumner Strait, Kakuhan Range, Par...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1512510 ... Read more

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Chapters: Southcentral Alaska, Mount Bona, Saint Elias Mountains, Harding Icefield, Mount Huntington, Kenai Fjords National Park, Yentna River, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Tordrillo Mountains, Chugach State Park, Exit Glacier, Prince William Sound, Mount Natazhat, Mount Russell, Talachulitna River, Columbia Glacier, Government Hill, Bligh Reef, Wrangell - Saint Elias Wilderness, University Peak, Middle Triple Peak, Bering Glacier, Sand Lake, Girdwood, Alaska, Mentasta Mountains, Talkeetna Mountains, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Katmai Wilderness, Deshka River, Bear Lake, Mount Bear, Flattop Mountain (Anchorage, Alaska), Lake Lucille, Alexander Lake, College Fjord, Chigmit Mountains, Blueberry Hill, Mount Iliamna, Six Mile Creek, Aello Peak, Lake Clark Wilderness, Evans Island, Denali State Park, Ruth Glacier, Tangle Lakes, Talkeetna River, Amherst Glacier, Mount Neacola, Voznesenka, Alaska, Downtown, Tustumena Glacier, Skwentna River, Portage Glacier, Tazlina Lake, Turnagain Pass, Wellesley Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Polar Bear Peak, Williams Glacier, Vassar Glacier, Smith Glacier, Pioneer Peak, Esther Island, Kenai Lake, Miles Lake, Knight Island, Mcneil River, Tazlina Glacier, Russian River, Edgerton Highway, Rocky River, Gulkana River, Chugiak, Alaska, Tustumena Lake, Chenega Glacier, Kennicott Glacier, Kasilof River, Knik River, Harvard Glacier, Nutzotin Mountains, Mccarty Glacier, Kalgin Island, Goose Lake, Alaska Botanical Garden, Sargent Icefield, Montague Island, Mount Torbert, Anchor River, Latouche Island, Meares Glacier, Matanuska Glacier, Mount Marathon, Chenega Island, Kenai Mountains, Crescent Lake, Dartmouth Glacier, Kachemak Selo, Alaska, Resurrection Bay, Harriman Glacier, Tana Glacier, Hawkins Island, Yale Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Nabesna, Alaska, Hinchinbrook Island, Klutina River, Grewingk Glacier, Cape Saint Elias, Crescent Glacier, Taiga Lake, Culross Island, Downer Glacier, Nuka Island...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4606920 ... Read more

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Chapters: Chatanika, Alaska. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 174. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chatanika, Alaska -A mining settlement established about 1904, it received a railroad station when the Tanana Valley Railroad was completed in 1907. The Chatanika post office was established in 1908. The community was named after the Chatanika River. Located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the confluence of Cleary Creek and the Chatanika River, Chatanika lies 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Fairbanks. Its altitude is 896 feet (273 m). ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18483412 ... Read more

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Chapters: Deadhorse, Alaska, Rogers-Post Site, Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archeological District, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Kotzebue Sound, Clarence River, Noatak National Preserve, Umiat, Alaska, Kasegaluk Lagoon, King Island, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Chamisso Wilderness, Sagwon, Alaska, Mollie Beattie Wilderness, Sledge Island, Killik River, Mount Isto, Punuk Islands, Norton Sound, Selawik Lake, Walker Lake (Northwest Arctic, Alaska), Puffin Island, Alaska, Mount Chamberlin, Mount Bendeleben, Mount Igikpak, Noatak Wilderness, Chamisso Island, Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Atigun Pass, Stuart Island, Alaska, Kugruk River, Cape Lisburne, Alaska, Cape Prince of Wales, Besboro Island, Point Hope, Alaska, Kigluaik Mountains, Mount Michelson, Cape Thompson, Alaska, John River, Ivishak River, Andreafsky Wilderness, St. Michael Volcanic Field, Kobuk Valley Wilderness, Kiwalik, Alaska, Mount Osborn, Utukok River, Etivluk River, Lopp Lagoon, Endicott Island, Wulik River, Buckland River, Trail Creek Caves, Kokolik River, Kuk River, Kuzitrin River, Fish River, Seahorse Islands, Alaska, Spafarief Bay, Anaktuvuk Pass, Koyuk River, St. Michael Island, Alaska, Sagavanirktok River, Kukpuk River, Selawik River, Kookooligit Mountains, Kiwalik River, Kivalina River, Elephant Point, Alaska, Shishmaref Inlet, Sarichef Island, Kukpowruk River, Goodhope River, Arey Island, Pitmegea River, Coleen River, Hotham Inlet, Sheenjek River, Imuruk Basin, Cape Blossom, Alaska, Choris Peninsula, Baldwin Peninsula, Nigu River, Bendeleben Mountains, Espenberg River, Tubutulik River, Unalakleet River, Anaktuvuk River, Squirrel River, Cape Denbigh, Wind River, Canning River, Lost Jim Lava Flow, Kongakut River, Nugnugaluktuk River, Itkillik River, Kuparuk River, Meade River, de Long Mountains, Awuna River, Arey Lagoon, Tarn Oil Field, Franklin Mountains. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 222. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2194130 ... Read more

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"This is a profoundly perceptive and beautifully written book that sheds tremendous insights on Alaska and is a must-read for anyone who wants a deeper, richer understanding of America’s last frontier."—Deborah Williams, executive director, Alaska Conservation Foundation

"With heart and soul, The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced both helps us see the beauty of the earth’s ecosystems and confronts the difficult realities surrounding their use. . . . Through science, art, and the poet’s words, [this book] urges us toward a sustainable use of our environment."—Gretchen C. Daily, coauthor The New Economy of Nature

"The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced takes us across 100 years of Alaskan and American history, showing us the magnificence and vulnerability of our vast wilderness coastline."—Jay Hammond, governor of Alaska, 1974–1982

"A guide to America’s soul, the boundless beauty of Alaska, and the ways in which people have related to it over the years, this book should be of interest to a very wide readership."—Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden

"[A] unique and valuable perspective of a century of dramatic change in Alaska."—Tony Knowles, governor of Alaska, 1994–2002

"A fitting and fascinating capstone for a remarkable sequel to an extraordinary adventure."—Maury Klein, author of The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman

"A little like entering a time warp, [this book] provides a special chance to explore the present through the comparative lens of the past."—Stephen Kellert, author of The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society and coauthor of The Biophilia Hypothesis

Over time, Alaska has become synonymous with the idea of wilderness—nature, free and unspoiled. Yet while the concept of this open, untamed countryside—the "land of the midnight sun"—has a romantic appeal, the reality is quite different and often much more severe.

This book reveals hard facts, challenges simple assumptions, and transforms Alaska from a wistful idea to a real place with its own changing ecology, economies, society, and values. It includes essays by the group of scientists, writers, and artists who made an expedition to Alaska in 2001, tracing the historic route of railroad baron Edward H. Harriman’s ambitious journey in 1899. Together, the group visited the diverse cultures, communities, and ecosystems of Alaska. In their accounts, they share their conversations with mayors, teachers, tribal leaders and elders, children, business owners, and conservationists in order to present Alaska as it is, not simply as a fantasy on airport posters and in tourism brochures.

Following the ship’s route, the book addresses wilderness conservation biology and ecology, American history, natural history and anthropology, and travel and exploration. More specific topics include the repatriation of Native objects; tourism; forestry, fisheries, and marine mammals; John Muir’s notion of beauty; the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on Prince William Sound; and possibilities for a sustainable future in Alaska and around the world.

Lavishly illustrated with gorgeous color and black-and-white photographs and prints, The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced is an ambitious exploration of America’s last frontier. ... Read more

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Introduces the history, government, land, people, and economy of the forty-ninth state. ... Read more

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Composed of eight named island groups, the Krenitzen, Fox, Islands of Four Mountains, Andreanof, Delarof, Rat, Semichi, and Near Islands, and stretching more than 1,100 miles, the Aleutian Islands are one of the most remote segments of the United States. This 112-page book tells the complete story of the chain, from prehistoric times through the present, with a look at what is in store for the future.

The Aleutian Islands are home to a flourishing 250 species of birds, including the once near-extinct Aleutian Canada goose; caribou, cattle, sheep and foxes; and an abundance of marine life. The Aleutians boast 57 volcanoes, 27 of them active; black sand beaches; and an almost endless variety of wildflowers, including rhododendrons and orchids. About 5,000 people live in the Aleutians year-round, with another few hundred occupying military bases in the western islands. Unalaska/Dutch Harbor is the largest town with 4,300 residents. The remaining year-round population is spread among the communities of False Pass, Akutan, Nikolski and Atka.

Included in the book are stories of two local legends, Robert "Sea Otter" Jones, and Borge Larson, plus articles on traditional Aleut life; the 1741 arrival of Russian explorers; wildlife, present and extinct; the early American years in the chain; economic conditions; commercial fishing and the region's push towards tourism. Another absorbing section is dedicated to the famous World War II Aleutian campaign, the bombing of Dutch Harbor and the story of the Aleut evacuation to Southeast Alaska.

The Aleutian Islands, from past to present, is a vibrant, powerful book about the region that takes in both the western- and easternmost points in the United States.

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