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Happy Alaska (5/5)
Aurora borealis, or the northern lights, can be seen an average of 243 days a year in Fairbanks. The northern lights are produced by charged electrons and protons striking the earth’s…
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Sad Alaska (4/5)
Most of the villages are dry, meaning the sale and the possession of alcohol is illegal. But that doesn’t keep the villagers from consuming it. Alaska has one of the highest…
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Buckland and Selawik, Alaska (3/5)
Let’s compare populations of these Alaskan villages. Noorvik has 608 people, 96% native with a median age of 24. With 596 people, Buckland is 96% native with a median age…
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Noorvik, Alaska (2/5)
All of the villages we visit are above the Arctic Circle. What does that mean? The Arctic Circle is the most northerly of the abstract five major circles of latitude shown on maps…
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Anchorage and Kotzebue, Alaska (1/5)
My first glimpse of Alaska is from the airplane window and it is breathtaking. The white mountains look foreboding, distant and beckoning at the same time, like the Alaskan culture.…
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