Alaska Panhandle

unmatched acumen, and daring will provoked him to enter Alaska and begin a new life where he discovered his true identity as Alexander Supertramp. Not only was Chris a particularly unique individual, he was also generous as well. Throughout the course of his journey, he made pit stops all over the United States, visiting California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Nevada before finally setting his eyes on the Northwest. On the road to Alaska, he met many people who he became friends with and…

After the publication of “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer, a book about a young man named Christopher McCandless, a great mass of people came forward and criticized McCandless (include more) Included in this group is Peter Christian, an Alaska Park Ranger that believed Chris as an “stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate,” man that essentially had a death wish. However, what may be interpreted as a foolish act by some was actually McCandless’ way of pursuing his dreams. In fact, McCandless shares…

breeze you think, “this is the most beautiful place in the world”. Everyone who has visited Alaska has said the same thing, and even the most strict critics have admitted to its splendor. Alaska is an amazing place the history, landscape, wildlife, and the many things to do will show you that Alaska truly is a place of wonder and majesty. Historians still do not know when and how people began to live in Alaska, and it is a cause of many debates and controversies. The most popular theory is that…

nationalgeographic.com nationalgeographic.com We already brought you part one of our list of 40 things you didn't know about Canada, and now we're back with part two! Check out 10 more fascinating facts about our Northern neighbor that you definitely (probably) didn't know below, and stay tuned for parts three and four, coming soon! Number Thirty: It Has Overpasses Built Exclusively for Animals. It's true! There are highways in Canada's Banff National Park that include overpasses built for…

The first words of the case study are, “For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton” (Koehn, 2010, p.1). While Shackleton was known for being great during disasters, his leadership skills were the core problem of the case study. The case study explains that ever since Shackleton was young, he wanted to excel at being an explorer. Shackleton’s father…

It was late spring or early summer, when a modest tree called the hop hornbeam unfurls bright yellow clusters of flowers in the steep valleys that run north into the mountains now known as the Italian Alps. The man hurried through a forest he knew well, wincing from the pain in his injured right hand and pausing occasionally to listen for sounds that he was being pursued. As he fled up the slope, the yellow pollen of the hornbeam blossoms fell like an invisible rain, salting the water and food…

In the April of 1992, Chris McCandless set out from South Dakota to Fairbanks Alaska. Five months later, McCandless's body was found rotting inside an abandoned bus. Chris McCandless had run away from his family and had hoped to survive in the wild with only the bare necessities. McCandless was a fool for what he did, he was a hard working, and vigilant man, yet he embarked without a backup plan, nor the proper supplies to survive out in the wild. When Chris was given a responsibility or a…

business going into Alaska with his romantic silliness.He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance.I don't admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas.Really, I think he was just plain crazy".The thing is that's just what Shaun Callarman thinks about Christopher McCandless.Everyone has their own opinion, but others may think Christopher McCandless was a kind man, he was a free spirit, he didn't care what others had to say about him he did what made him happy and going to Alaska was…

McCandless was raised comfortable in a upper-middle-class and had graduated in june 1990 from Emory University in atlanta. In the article “Death of Innocent,” by John Krakauer and Sean Penn movie “Into the Wild”. Both have just a grown man to escape into civilization into the wild. Well I haven't watched the whole movie or read the whole article yet but by some of what i've read and seen id say to admire him only because hes kind and caring for others when it started with a hitchhiker. He did…

the idea of going out on this adventure to find himself was a good idea because everyone needs to find their meaning of life. Everyone should try and live life trying to find the meaning to it. This is what McCandless did when taking the trip to Alaska. As it says in the book, “ Into the Wild”, “It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found.”(Krakauer, Chp 4) This is what Chris McCandless believed the meaning of life…