The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus
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country? The lone state of Alaska is to the north west of the major states and if laid on top of the other states‚ would cover about two-thirds of the land. And for a state that is so large‚ it is surely simply thought of as the coldest state. Alaska is much more then that‚ and has a lot of history behind just a land of snow and mountains. Alaska was discovered in 1741 by Russian settlers and had been colonized by them in 1784. With over 660 thousand square miles‚ Alaska was surely a big find by
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Julie Vang English 85 Prof. Moua 25 March 2013 “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer Chap. 10 1. Chapter 2 focuses on the discovery of Chris’ body. 2. The officials did not take the phone calls seriously at the beginning because of so many prank calls. 3. Based on the information Gallien gave‚ the Alaskan Troopers look at McCandless’ permanent address in Northen Virginia. It turned out to be a dead end because they found another Chris McCandless. 4. Sam McCandless is Chris’ older
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Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is the story of a young man who wished to begin anew by changing his name and leaving all of his monetary belongings behind to experience the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness. Of course his actions were affected by more than wishing to see the Alaskan wilderness and becoming a new person. He had an awful relationship with his father and wished to get away from him‚ although he disliked his father it is clear he respects his father’s wishes for his educational success
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passion to find out about what else this world had to offer. He refused to let anyone or anything stop him from finding out. His desire to live without money and a plan for food‚ water‚ or shelter motivated him to follow his dream and to explore what Alaska has to offer. Throughout his journey he met many amazing people that left a lasting impression on him and they were like his family‚ some were better than his real family. In the public’s eyes Chris McCandless may seem like he went crazy or insane
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2013 Reading Assignment Honors English 8/3/13 Characterization Analysis In Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the protagonist‚ Miles “Pudge” Halter‚ is very dynamic. In the beginning of the book‚ Pudge had no friends and was looking for what he calls the “Great Perhaps.” So he goes away to boarding school and meets “The Colonel”‚ Takumi‚ Lara‚ and Alaska. They were all immediate friends but Alaska and Pudge were drawn to each other. Pudge went from only having his mother and father at his going
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Whittier‚ whose almost all of about 200 inhabitants live in a fourteen-story building called “Begich Towers”. It reads like fiction‚ although it is not—this tale-like town is merely a dot‚ albeit a wonderfully curious one‚ in the vast Alaskan landscape. Alaska‚ the state which calls the northern lights its own; the state whose enormity sleeps beneath the drifting snow‚ the state of the colorful songs of the earth—has been molded over and over again by its own soil and its living people. Highly important
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honors from Emory University in 1990‚ Chris donated his entire savings of twenty-four thousand dollars to charity. In doing‚ he set off to pursue his life long dream of living off the land in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless ended up making it to Alaska and finding an old abandoned bus. Three months later McCandless decided he should go home. When he got to the point he needed to cross the river‚ the current was too strong‚ so he was trapped. He ended up living in the bus for a total of 113 days
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Chris McCandless Cool or a Fool Tramping is too easy with all the money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal (Krakauer 33). Chris McCandless‚ son of wealthy parents‚ graduates as top student. However instead of going to college and getting a career‚ he chooses to give all his money to charity‚ get rid of his possessions and set out on a journey to the alaskan wilderness. There is a debate whether Chris McCandless is a hero or coward. In the
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Haven’t we all just had so many people depending on us to live up to something that‚ we aren’t sure if we are capable of? In the book‚ Eagle Blue: A Team‚ a Tribe‚ and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska‚ written by Michael D’Orso‚ a basketball team of fourteen boys knew exactly how it felt. It is mostly breathtaking just to have that amount of pressure on you after realizing your team has won six state champions and the whole town is depending on you to win a seventh. Throughout the
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