#Alaskan landscapes

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The Amazing Power of Recycling for Our Future

The Power of Recycling reminds readers how recycling can make a big impact on our environment. It also explains how recycling can save money, create jobs, and decrease drain on natural resources, saving energy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Alaskan Tundra Recycling is a powerful tool that enables us to make a positive impact on our environment and create a sustainable future. It is a simple yet impactful action that every individual can take to contribute to the well-being of our planet.  Basically, recycling involves the process of converting waste materials into reusable materials, reducing the need for raw resources and…

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Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear, Lake Clark NP, Alaska, USA

by Sean Sharp

Landscape Photography Magazine & Wild Planet Photo Magazine

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The views in Alaska are so beautiful... even the wildlife has to pause for a moment and take it all in.

~Amy Bragg, nature photographer~

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Alaska Highway, CDN (No. 2)

The road was originally built mostly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a supply route during World War II. In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers assigned more than 10,000 men, about a third of whom were black soldiers, members of three newly formed African-American segregated regiments. There were four main thrusts in building the route: southeast from Delta Junction, Alaska, toward a linkup at Beaver Creek, Yukon; north then west from Dawson Creek (an advance group started from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, after traveling on winter roads on frozen marshland from railway stations on the Northern Alberta Railways); both east and west from Whitehorse after being ferried in via the White Pass and Yukon Route railway. The Army commandeered equipment of all kinds, including local riverboats, railway locomotives, and housing originally meant for use in southern California.

The official start of construction took place on March 9, 1942, after hundreds of pieces of construction equipment were moved on priority trains by the Northern Alberta Railways to the northeastern part of British Columbia near Mile 0 at Dawson Creek. Construction accelerated through the spring as the winter weather faded away and crews were able to work from both the northern and southern ends; they were spurred on after reports of the Japanese invasion of Kiska Island and Attu Island in the Aleutians. During construction the road was nicknamed the "oil can highway" by the work crews due to the large number of discarded oil cans and fuel drums that marked the road's progress. The construction crew had also passed through an Indigenous village known as Champagne (Shadhala-ra) which they used to set up camp. Unfortunately, disease spread and nearly wiped out the indigenous population of the village. After the war, the survivors left the village to find work, leaving the location a ghost town.

Source: Wikipedia

[generalandfriends]

Never a better reading companion 😊

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Smith Tower with Alaska Way Viaduct, Seattle, 2015.

My favorite bit and least favorite bit of downtown Seattle, but the least favorite one is now gone.

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October 1st feels

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Peek into an ethereal Alaskan box canyon where ice forms a natural, sculptural masterpiece. The play of light casting a serene blue glow gives this wonderland an otherworldly charm.

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Lupine field in full bloom. Seward, Alaska. June 10, 2022.

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whats the word for when an artist only/mainly works with a set of symbols/shapes in their drawing to make up larger images

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It was Incredible to See How Colorful Fall Can Be

It was Incredible to See How Colorful Fall Can Be shows readers an image that emphasizes the colors of the Alaskan foliage in autumn. It goes on to explain where the photo was taken and why.

Reflections on Fall Since fall seems to be the theme for the week, I decided to continue with that. As I have stated before, we were fortunate enough to be in Anchorage during the peak of this year’s fall color. On the day we went to Seward for our boat trip we also made a stop in the mountains and did a little bit of sightseeing. The place where we stopped was absolutely gorgeous and although…

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Athena La Tocha. As Night Devours the World, 2022.

shellac ink, silt from a Garrison Stream, Highlands mica on paper, lead, steel

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Crow pass and raven glacier hike in Alaska!

[rabbitcruiser]

Wood Bisons, YT (No. 3)

The herd currently has a total population around 2,500, largely as a result of conservation efforts by Canadian government agencies. In 1988, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada changed the subspecies' conservation status from "endangered" to "threatened", where it remains.

On June 17, 2008, 53 wood bison were transferred from Alberta's Elk Island National Park to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Anchorage, Alaska. There they were to be held in quarantine for two years and then reintroduced to their native habitat in the Minto Flats area near Fairbanks, but this plan was placed on hold. In May 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule allowing the reintroduction of a "non-essential experimental" population of wood bison into three areas of Alaska. As a result, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game introduced the first herd of 100 animals to the Innoko River area in western Alaska in spring 2015.

Currently, about 7,000 wood bison remain in wildernesses within the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba.

Source: Wikipedia

[generalandfriends]

Some much needed sunshine here today.. General is taking it all in his stride and having a snooze!