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000 Square Miles Hundreds Of Years
1,778 wordsIt can be argued (convincingly) that human's usage of fossil fuels is responsible for a large part of the world's pollution problems. The area that I will discuss is the interaction that the big oil companies have had with the environment surrounding their businesses in Alaska. I will not tackle the issue of whether it is right or wrong to extract or use fossil fuels. Instead, I will ignore the larger issue and concentrate on specific issues concerning the Arctic Slope activities of oil companie...
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World War Ii 20 Th Century
4,879 wordsAlaska is still the last frontier in the minds of many Americans. Interest in the "Great Land" has increased sharply since Alaska The Native became a full fledged state in January o f 1959. In spite of this great interest, many Americans know very little of the Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts (Al-ee-oot's) who live in the remote regions. At the time Alaska was discovered in 1741 by Vitus Bering, Alaska Natives populated all parts of Alaska including the Bering Strait Region. Although there is still ...
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Personalities Can Change Respectful Because Of Konala Kindness Charlie
573 wordsAll people have distinct personalities, some may be good, and some may be bad. However, one thing always remains constant, personalities are not permanent. For example, if there is a person who has a bad temperament and is under the influence of a good person, then their personality may change. As is the situation in Walk Well, My Brother, by Farley Mowat. The protagonist Charlie Lavery is stranded in the arctic with an Eskimo woman named Konala. He picked her up in a bay on the Gulf Coast to ta...
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Bering Straits Region Bering Strait Alaska
637 wordspeoples of Alaska and their Eskimo Culture Alaska is still the last frontier in the minds of many Americans. Interest in the "Great Land" has increased sharply since Alaska The Native became a full fledged state in January o f 1959. In spite of this great interest, many Americans know very little of the Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts (Al-ee-oot's) who live in the remote regions. At the time Alaska was discovered in 1741 by Vitus Bering, Alaska Natives populated all parts of Alaska including the Ber...
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Fast Swimming Fish Sharks Have Been Found Shark
1,306 wordsSharks live in almost every part of the oceans, from coastal environments to deep-sea habitats. They also live in the warm waters of the tropics to the cold frigid waters of the polar region. The Greenland shark, also known as somniousus Microcephalus, lives in the dark, cold waters of the North Atlantic (I 65). The Greenland shark belongs to the order Squaliforms, more usually known as dogfish sharks. There are 70 species in this order, which includes the spied sharks, spiny dogfish, Sleeper sh...
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Cultural Relativism Moral Codes
1,002 wordsWithin this world that we live on, there is an enormous amount of people. Each of these people belongs to different cultures and societies. Every society has traits and customs that make it unique. These societies follow different moral codes. This means that they will may have different answers to the moral questions asked by our own society. What I am trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with life's events, because of their cultural beliefs. This is ...
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Fathers Brother Eskimo Women Food
541 wordsThe early Eskimos settled in the forest and tundra parts of northern and western Alaska. The Eskimos learned how to survive in this cod icy place that was frozen for most of the year. Some of the Eskimos lived in the southwestern part of Alaska The southwestern region is a little warmer and wetter. In Alaska there are three Eskimo groups they are yupik inupiaq, and siberian yupik. A lot of the Eskimo families live in the flat tundra coast. The ocean gives them most of there food. The ocean also ...
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Washington D C Top Of The World
981 wordsGreat Men Have Great Assistants As I stood there on the top of the world and I thought of the hundreds of men who had lost their lives in their effort to reach it [North Pole], I felt profoundly grateful that I had the honor of representing my race. With these words, Matthew Henson planted the American flag on the North Pole. During the past, black Americans have not received the acknowledgement they deserved. Such was the case of Matthew A. Henson. He was the first person to discover the North ...
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Cultural Relativism Moral Codes
2,022 wordsWithin this world that we live on, there is an enormous amount of people. Each of these people belongs to different cultures and societies. Every society has traits and customs that make it unique. These societies follow different moral codes. This means that they will may have different answers to the moral questions asked by our own society. What I am trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with lifes events, because of their cultural beliefs. This is c...
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