Alaska Natives

after learning that he was unfaithful to Chris’ mother. Chris was overly excited to travel to Alaska, so much that he failed to prepare for the harshness of the Alaskan environment. His biggest mistake was refusing to pack a map, which most native Alaskans believe is the most essential item needed in the wilderness. Although Chris made multiple trips to an Alaskan university, to research vegetation in Alaska, his experience level was significantly lower than that of an Alaskan expeditor. Chris…

comes from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. The article, entitled “Integrating Indigenous values with capitalism through tourism: Alaskan experiences and outstanding issues” focuses on the relationship between the indigenous people of Barrow, Alaska and the tourism that sustains a sizeable part of their economy. The…

From the beginning of this story, it is hard to stay objective and emotionless. Krakauer starts Alex story with his last encounter of another human being before he enters the wilderness of Alaska. He interviewed Jim Gallien, a union electrician, about his experience that he made when he picked up Alex on the street. On April 1992, Gallien was on his way to Anchorage when he met Alex who explained that he wanted to go to the Stampede Trail…

voyage to Alaska leaving the reader to decide whether Chris’ admirable choices outweigh his stupid ones. Although the road that Chris pursues is an admirable path, the way he carries out his choices is unintelligent and…

In Into the Wild Chris McCandless was able to live off the land in Alaska for a few months, but did not survive as long as he wanted to without dying of unknown causes (2). Chris Mccandless was full of wanderlust and his goal was to live in Alaska without any assistance or modern technology. He did a successful job for a while, but ended up being unprepared. Therefore despite his strong desire to fulfill…

world would one day just disappear with no trace of their remains? The beauties of the Last Frontier, otherwise known as Alaska, are slowly disappearing and leaving no remnants. Each year, the ice grows thinner and thinner and arrives much later. Not too long before the beauty, which we have in our own backyard, will soon disappear. This past summer I went on a trip to Alaska with my family, and this magical state has a special place in my heart that nothing else can even compare to. We rode in…

The Last Great Adventure Imagine what life would be like in the last few years of the 19th century. The great state of Alaska had recently, within the last 30 years in history, become admitted to the United States Union. America was on the verge of beginning the Industrial Revolution where rapid urbanization was about to become commonplace. Although people were flocking to cities to so said create their own version of the American dream, others set out for the gold rush. They were looking…

The geopolitical idea that “He who holds Alaska will hold the world,” became popular during the Second World War and focused attention on a little known theater of that war. Alaska was a gateway for both the United States and Canada to the Pacific. Though the United States already had the Pacific coastline with Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington, Alaska was strategically useful for trade, resources, and even possibly war. While some American decision-makers found strategic value in the…

for the journey. (all links are sorted and available at the bottom of this paper. The L1 L2 L3 and so format will be used.) L2: “On July 17, 1897, at 6 a.m., the steamship named Portland arrived in Seattle from Alaska with 68 miners and a cargo of "1 ton of solid gold" from the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. This incites the beginning of a massive rush to the goldfields of Canada , and a period of…

National Wildlife Refuge. Jimmy Carter only wrote the foreword of the Essay though. Subhankar Banerjee wrote the rest of the Essay himself. This is about how the oil plant would destroy the Wildlife Refuge. The plant would be taking away the homes of Native people and pollutes the earth. The United States only has one Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Although, it will make oil, it will not make a lot of oil from the plant and maybe not a lot of money from either. Wildlife is being murdered by…