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...land mammal, man, has been waging war on the sea mammals, Cetacea, for centuries. Archeologists believe Alaskan Eskimos have been whaling for over 2000 years. But some groups have been working to even the odds for the whales. In recent years controversy has arisen over whether the Eskimos should be allowed to continue killing the bowhead whale...
...Where moose and caribou abound and where the awesome grizzly can change that with one swipe of his five-inch claws. Land of the soaring, snow-capped mountain, Denali ("The High One" "The Mighty One") which a young Princeton graduate renamed in 1896 when, upon his return from an Alaskan prospecting adventure, he learned that William McKinley had won the Republican nomination for United States President. Alaska. Millions of untrammeled acres of rough, unpolite land, where a man can live in a kind of freedom inconceivable in the "lower...
...Gloria Steinem, feminist fatale, at a press conference with black, Hispanic, Asian and native American (Indian and Alaskan) women: "I'm so glad to be here -a token...
...from the Alaskan wilderness he sings of in Coming into the Country, John McPhee paces about his small, comfortable office just above a bank on the main drag of his home town, Princeton, N.J. He is on the verge of another project-and apprehensive. Directly across the street sits Princeton University's Firestone Library, the object of McPhee's window gazing. With 13 books to his credit in the past twelve years, the author seems determined to keep the neighboring library cataloguers working nights. "A great stream of ideas goes by," McPhee says, turning from the window...
...President McKinley never visited Mount McKinley. It would be interesting to see if other Alaskan landmarks-Mount Foraker, Jefferson Peak, Fillmore Peak, Mount Cleveland, Grant Peak, Lincoln Island, Wilson Creek or Point Hayes-were visited by people for whom they were named. All information I find indicates they were...