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Exploring the world. / Anchorage

“…Anchorage (Alaska) Description and travel.…”
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My adventurous friend : a lifetime of choices and outdoor alaska adventures. by Anderson, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Home Town Germany -- 2 An Unsettled Existence -- 3 Moving West -- 4 Into the Wilds -- 5 Construction Years -- 6 Renovation and Extension -- 7 Flying to the Claim -- 8 Winter Trip -- 9 Working the claim -- 10 Spotting Sheep -- 11 Hagen and his learning -- 12 Prelude to Departure -- 13 One Last Look -- 14 To Flattop Mountain -- 15 Aloha Hawaii -- 16 Return to Alaska -- 17 Prince William Sound -- 18 Taking the fast way down -- 19 Package Deal -- Epilogue -- About the Author…”
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Living on thin ice : the Gwich'in natives of Alaska / by Dinero, Steven C.

Subjects: “…Gwich'in Indians Alaska Arctic Village Social conditions.…”
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Changing paths : travels and meditations in Alaska's Arctic wilderness / by Sherwonit, Bill, 1950-

“…Brooks Range (Alaska) Description and travel.…”
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60 minutes. / Ten years later

Subjects: “…Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska, 1989.…”
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The wolves of Mount McKinley by Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974

Table of Contents: “…Dall Sheep -- Description -- Distribution of Dall sheep in Alaska -- History of the sheep in Mount McKinley National Park -- Distribution of Dall sheep in the park -- Winter distribution -- Summer distribution -- Migration -- Food habits -- Winter food habits -- Summer food habits -- Mineral licks -- Carrying capacity of the winter range -- Disease and parasites -- Actinomycosis -- Lungworm -- Scabies -- A sick lamb -- Lamb dies in captivity -- Insects sometimes annoy sheep -- Accidents -- The menace of deep snow -- The rut -- Gestation period -- Lambs -- Precocity.…”
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A Land Gone Lonesome : an Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River. by O'Neill, Dan

Subjects: “…Travel Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)…”
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Eskimo parish by O'Connor, Paul, 1897-1979

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Four thousand hooks : a true story of fishing and coming of age on the high seas of Alaska / 4,000 hooks by Adams, Dean J.

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Searching for Fannie Quigley : a wilderness life in the shadow of Mount McKinley by Haigh, Jane G.

Table of Contents: “…Nebraska and the West -- Fannie the Hike: Dawson and the Klondike, 1898/1903 -- Walking out: from the Klondike to Alaska -- Into Kantishna -- Digging in: mining claims -- Hard rock: Quigley Ridge and Friday Creek -- Wilderness life: cooking and gardening -- The outdoor life: hunting and trapping -- Wilderness visitors -- Selling out -- Drifting apart.…”
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Stikine River fever

Subjects: “…Kayaking Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska)…”
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A Republic of rivers : three centuries of nature writing from Alaska and the Yukon /

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Never in anger : portrait of an Eskimo family by Briggs, Jean L., 1929-2016

Subjects: “…Alaska Natives Psychology. indig bslw85044824…”

60 minutes. / Sixty minutes

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Eye on America. / On America

Subjects: “…Bears Alaska McNeil River State Game Sanctuary.…”
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Giinaquq : like a face : Sugpiaq masks of the Kodiak Archipelago

Subjects: “…Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos Material culture Alaska Kodiak Island Exhibitions.…”
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The grizzlies of Mount McKinley by Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974

Subjects: “…Grizzly bear Behavior Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve.…”
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Arctic quest : our search for truth

Subjects: “…Petroleum industry and trade Environmental aspects Alaska.…”
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Seward's folly : a new look at the Alaska Purchase / by Farrow, Lee A., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Some mysterious sympathy: the foundations of friendship -- Evident advantages: origins and objectives -- Seward's chimerical project: public reaction and ratification -- No longer Russian America: taking possession of Alaska -- Paying for the "new national ice-house": approval and appropriation -- Very uneasy and vexed: international reactions to the purchase -- That snow-bound wilderness: from treaty to territory.…”
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Stranded : Alaska's worst maritime disaster nearly happened twice / by Saunders, Aaron, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…The rush to Skagway -- "A slow trip through Alaska" -- Princess Sophia -- The Star Princess sets sail -- The storm -- Princess Sophia -- The turn -- Star Princess -- The accident -- Princess Sophia -- The turn -- Star Princess -- Stranded on the rocks -- Princess Sophia -- Beaching the Star Princess -- Those last minutes -- Princess Sophia -- Aftermath -- chaos and confusion -- Star Princess sails on.…”
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Travels among the Dena : exploring Alaska's Yukon Valley / by De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004

Table of Contents: “…To Alaska -- Getting started -- Adventures on the lower Tanana -- Tanana mission and the Yukon above -- The middle Yukon: Tanana mission to Ruby -- The middle Yukon: Ruby to Bishop Rock -- The Koyukuk River -- Nulato on the Yukon -- Kaltag and the Khotol-Kaiyuh, to Shageluk Slough -- Journey to the Innoko river -- Shageluk Slough to Anvik and Bonasila -- Holy cross and homeward bound.…”
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More than words ...

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War in the north : the Aleutians

Subjects: “…Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943.…”
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Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory's Thyroid Function Study : a Radiological Risk and Ethical Analysis. by NRC, Committee on Evaluation of 1950s Air Force Hu

Table of Contents: “…""The Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory's Thyroid Function Study: A Radiological Risk and Ethical Analysis""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""DESCRIPTION OF THE AAL THYROID FUNCTION STUDY""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS OF I ADMINISTRATION IN HUMANS""; ""THE ETHICS OF HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE""; ""THE AAL AND THE THYROID FUNCTION STUDY""; ""CONDUCT OF THE STUDY: SAMPLE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION""; ""Alaska Natives""; ""Army and Air Force Servicemen""; ""CONDUCT OF THE STUDY: SUBJECT SELECTION""…”
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Kivalina : a climate change story by Shearer, Christine

Subjects: “…Inupiat Relocation Alaska Kivalina.…”
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Cutting edge.

Subjects: “…Fighter pilots Training of Alaska.…”
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Reading the river : a voyage down the Yukon by Hildebrand, John

Subjects: “…Hildebrand, John Travel Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)…”
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The geography of water by Emerick, Mary

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Aleut story

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Memory eternal : Tlingit culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through two centuries by Kan, Sergei

Subjects: “…Orthodox Eastern Church Missions Alaska Sitka.…”
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Eskimo boyhood : an autobiography in psychosocial perspective by Kakianak, Nathan

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Possessing the Pacific : land, settlers, and indigenous people from Australia to Alaska / by Banner, Stuart, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Fiji and Tonga: The Importance of Indigenous Political Organization -- 9. Alaska: Occupancy and Neglect -- Conclusion: What Produced Colonial Land Policy?…”
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Oil on ice

Subjects: “…Petroleum industry and trade Environmental aspects Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.…”
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The ongoing challenge of managing carbon monoxide pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska : interim report / Carbon monoxide pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska

Subjects: “…Carbon monoxide Toxicology Research Alaska Fairbanks.…”
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Aleut identities : tradition and modernity in an Indigenous fishery by Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L., 1975-

Subjects: “…Aleuts Fishing Alaska Aleutian Islands.…”
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The Alaskan scout and Alaskan Command.

Subjects: “…United States. Army, Alaska.…”
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60 minutes. / Gold rush

Subjects: “…Gold mines and mining Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)…”
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The mischievous Ravi by Shah, Byron

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The thousand-mile war : World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians / 1,000-mile war by Garfield, Brian, 1939-2018

Subjects: “…World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Alaska Aleutian Islands.…”
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Stepping stones to nowhere : the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American military strategy, 1867-1945 / by Perras, Galen Roger, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Maps and Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Abbreviations""; ""One of Our Great Strategic Points: Alaskan Defence, 1867-1934""; ""He Who Holds Alaska Will Hold the World: Alaskan Security, 1934-41""; ""Entirely Open to Attack: Aleutian Defence, December 1941 to June 1942""; ""All Commanders on Minor Fronts Regard Their Own Actions As Highly Important: July 1942 to January 1943""; ""Total Destruction Is the Only Answer: Westward to Attu""; ""A Strong Alaska Means a Foot- Loose Fleet: Kiskaâ€?…”
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