Exploring Alaska Geography

To Drill or Not To Drill Oil is one of America’s most valuable treasures. In 1980 Congress established the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) in Alaska. It was created to keep animals and plants undisturbed by humans. America suffered through an oil crisis which put more pressure on ANWR. As a result, the United States was importing more than a third of its oil.

The Alaskan Gold Rush (Klondike Gold Rush) was a migration of an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike Region in search of gold. Gold was discovered by local miners in August of 1896 which caused the prospectors to travel in. The gold rush ended in 1899 with very few people actually striking it rich.

“How does the geography of Alaska make it difficult to explore and settle:” both during the Klondike gold rush and still today?” Well, to start this off simple, the cold. The cold is one of the key things, if not the most important reason in this essay. Sometimes in Alaska it can go below freezing, and the cold seems like a very simple answer at first, but! They need to settle, work, and climb in it, the things that they need to do to get what they need, in this case oil, it will not be a very simple job. And most of the time they come back empty handed, so the payoff is worth it, and the money they waste is not the thing they worry about. Because sometimes they go home empty handed, but sometimes they don’t come home at all. And it’s more than you think.

his critique is being done on the article titled “Experiences of Alaskan Parents with Children Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Treatment.” It was written in 2013 and published it the Journal of Pediatric Nursing. The purpose of this critique is to address the usefulness of this research and to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. This article is presented clearly and well organized. The purpose and background are clearly stated. Some weaknesses noted in the article is small population sampled, only sampling six and the lack of detail about the data collection and analysis.

The average vacation brochure presents images of sandy beaches, luxury hotels, massages at spas and leisurely dinners. Traveler's recline in a world insulated from local cultures with rest and relaxation being their focus. On the other hand, adventure travel often entails adrenalin spiked, curiosity driven activities that test personal endurance with peaceful interludes embracing nature and learning about other cultures. Adventure travel often takes participants to foreign lands, but North America's residents can visit the Four Corners Region of the United States and discover cultural and athletic adventure travel at their fingertips. They need no passport to touch a sovereign nation's rich history.

The novel “Looking for Alaska,” is narrated by John Green from the perspective of Miles Halter (A.K.A Pudge). The novel tells a phenomenal story about a boy who is striving to find his individuality in society! He vacates his monotonous life and home in Florida where he is lonesome, and has no friends, to go to a boarding school in Alabama. The focal rationale why Miles wants to leave his home in Florida is to go out and seek “A Great Perhaps.” “The Great Perhaps,” was introduced at the beginning of the storyline by Rabelais’ final words “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” I surmise that Rabelais was denoting to life and death. You see many people are always analyzing during their lifetime “What supervenes after death?” There are a lot of perhaps! Yet Miles doesn’t want to be analogous to those people. He wants to attend Culver Creek to find “A Great Perhaps” so that he doesn’t have to wait until he becomes elderly and is going to die to start seeking “A Great Perhaps.” His family was also aware that he wasn’t going to find it with the likes of Will and Marie who are deemed to be losers at his school.

One reason why people undertake dangerous journeys is to gain more knowledge of the Earth and the life the inhabits it. George Catlin, who was both an artist and a writer, is an example of a person who underwent a dangerous journey in the pursuit of learning more. From a young age, he was fascinated by the frontier life and Indian Tribes, this would lead him to travel 2,000 from St. Louis in a Journey that was described as full of “almost insurmountable difficulties” (Letter from the Yellowstone River). Catlin’s fascination with the frontier and Native Americans pushed him to go on a dangerous journey to learn more about them. It is this kind of fascination which drives most people, even those

One warranted type of hunting is subsistence hunting. In many parts of Africa, and in Alaska, subsistence hunting is a way of life that more simplistic people chose to take on. Tribs, and single people hunt for their livelihoods. In rural Alaska, subsistence hunting is needed for survival because it gives them their basic needs such as nutrition, and it also allows them to obtain clothing and tools for survival. This way of life has been a necessary action for many people. In alaska, the cold makes travel difficult and food hard to come by so the residents are forced to take things into their own hands. In Africa, the tribes that choose to remain loyal to their customs have no other option than to grow and find their own food. Living off the

During the 1830s the Democratic Party was formed around President Andrew Jackson and his primary issues that took up most of his term banking and tariffs. The Democrats favored American expansion to new farmlands and new territories. The Democrats also ended elites, industrialists, and the Bank of the United states, which would they felt would build up an industry that was at the price of yeoman farmer. The Whig Party were an organized group in opposition to Andrew Jackson, who they felt would destroy America and the industry. The Whig Party was led by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams who were in search for a compromise and balance in government, territorial expansion, and domestic manufacturing. These two parties had very different views

The world, as we know it, is in the midst of having an oil crisis. Our nation starves and bends at the will of this dreadful calamity. Our deprivation for this atrocious corruption has led us to look for oil deposits in the Alaskan Wilderness. The US needs oil and by drilling for oil on our own land, we would help our economy, but in doing so would destroy the beauty of the wilderness and harm many others. The matter on hand is that should we drill for oil in Alaska’s wilderness? My opinion and answer to this question would simply be no. The United States of America should not drill for oil in the Alaskan wilderness.

The United States is the home of millions of Americans who are the descendants of immigrants. They were forced to leave their homeland because of the overbearing power of their leaders, crimes they may have committed, oppression and other disasters. Providing a safe haven from those being treated poorly by their country or just providing a new place for people just looking for a fresh start has been America’s tradition since the beginning. Immigrants have played a big role in American history since July 4, 1776 (America), the day the United States was founded. They’ve been able to come to America to find work, open businesses, raise families and so much more. Lately however there has been an influx of people immigrating to America illegally. Our borders have always been open to those in need of a new home, but when it’s done illegally it causes many problems for the Country.

There is tons of places to explore in alaska there is a lot to explore like mountains fields and forests. In the video it said “you could explore for days,weeks,months, or even years. There is hills that are hard to go over. Since there was so much land it took forever to walk. You may also go past an animal's den and have it attack you.

Alaska is different. When compared to the contiguous United States of America the differences are pronounced and occur in almost all aspects of life. The differences even extend to the original inhabitants, to the way they survived, treaties with the United States government, current way of life, and education. An overview of the historical approach to education as well as the current changes will hopefully provide insight into what works and what does not work in educational settings in rural Alaska.

Ice and snow are almost on every corner that you turn during the winter and fall. The ice and snow can make it difficult to drive or do everyday things. If the temperature gets so extreme the water pipe can freeze and could have the possibility to burst. If water gets on the power lines and freezes a effect of that may be the power stops. If people in Alaska are all using heat/heaters that may cause a blackout in certain parts of Alaska. Roads are often covered in sheets of ice. Getting out of your driveway might be hard because of how much it snows there. In the case that Alaska gets hail, your car may get dented or parents of your house depending on who har,fast, and big the hail is. The struggle to get enough supplies to survive, you always have to have loads of food/drinks in case of a blizzard. In Alaska dangerous animals may come up to your hair and could you/the property/ or other

Middle childhood is very important time in a child’s life. This is the time when a child starts to look up to their peers and starts to accept the actions of their peers and starts to understand what true friendship is. Middle childhood is a difficult time in a child’s life, the child grows from a young teen into an adolescent, and the change emotionally is sometimes overwhelming. Children of this age start to worry about what people think about them and what they can do to please everyone, even if it’s not the right thing. With all that is going on for the child in these times it sometimes leads to drug use, rebellious acts, depression, and peer pressure. Children at these ages feel the need to please everyone around them and will do