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A Trip To Iqaluit In Nunavut, A Canadian Arctic City
In 2004, I completed two Inuit art buying trips to Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), the capital of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory. For both trips, I flew out of Ottawa on Canadian North airlines. The other airline that services Nunavut is First...
Jasper – Travel to Canada’s Rocky Mountain Paradise
Mention the Canadian Rockies, and most people instantly think of Banff. As the main tourist destination in the Rockies, Banff is very much a commercial town geared to tourism. But for those who like their Rockies a little quieter, 250 kilometres...
Mexico Beaches - Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco
Mexico beaches come in all shapes and sizes. Two of the most famous areas are Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco.
Acapulco
You're probably already familiar with Acapulco if you ever watched the Wild World of Sports on ABC. Acapulco was exhibited...
Sleepy Fundu Lagoon
Fundu Lagoon has beautiful beaches and is on the south western side of Pemba Island. This sleepy island is an ideal place for a honeymoon or just to relax and unwind. For the more energetic Pemba is listed as one of the top diving locations in the...
While Visiting Paris -Top Tourist Attractions for Weekend Getaways in Paris
As the second largest city of Western Europe, Paris is known as
the City of Lights for its well-lit displays in the late hours,
which calls to visiting tourists from around the world. It is
the home of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and many...
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Kenai Fjords National Park - Alaska
A stately spruce and cottonwood forest thick with ferns and shrubs gives a visitor few clues that Kenai Fjords National Park is a young and dynamic landscape. Yet, its seemingly quiet nature is a sometimes dramatic work in progress.
Established in 1978, Kenai Fjords became a national park two years later as part of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The story of the landscape is much more ancient. The more than 300,000 acre Harding Icefield tops the park. The icefield is a relic of the last ice age, which covered much of North America. The ice is still in flux. Generally speaking, glaciers are retreating along the park coast, uncovering glacially carved valleys that fill with sea water to form the stunning fjords for which the park is famous.
Kenai Fjords Trivia
1. The Kenai Fjords coast is geologically very active as the Pacific Plate slips under the North American Plate. This usually slow movement is dragging the Kenai Mountains into the sea, deepening the fjords. Sometimes the action is dramatic: In 1964, the Good Friday Earthquake dropped the shoreline six feet in under 4 minutes!
2. Worms -- ice worms -- exist on frozen glacial surfaces.
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Thirty-two glaciers flow down from the icefield, fed by storms that drop hundreds of inches of snow at the high elevations of the Harding Icefield.
4. Driving to Exit Glacier is like a drive back in time. A few miles from the glacier face, the forest is thick and mature. The landscape changes to hardy alders and willows dominate as you approach the glacier. And at the edge of the glacier, bare rock and a few pioneer plants gain toeholds in the skimpy soil.
Kenai Fjords Attractions
1. Exit Glacier has a new nature center. It provides orientation to the Exit Glacier valley, and is a great first stop as visitors walk the roughly half-mile to the face of the glacier. A small campground is nearby.
2. Public use cabins are available for rent in some of the fjords and are popular with kayakers and private boaters. In the winter, there's a public use cabin available at Exit Glacier.
3. Commercial boat tours are available and the best way to see much of the Park.
About the Author
Rick Chapo is with Nomad Journals - makers of outdoor writing journals. Visit NomadJournalTrips.com to read more.
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