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    South Pacific Themes

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    a good place to be.” ~ Rossano Brazzi (as Emile De Becque) in South Pacific It is interesting how human nature rarely fails to find an adversary. Even without fighting in a monumental war, we find a battle, and we only need to look inward to find it. Often times the battles fought within are amongst the greatest, most trying conflicts, as they are against the self. This battle is apparent in the musical South Pacific, where blurred battle lines of racism prove more troubling than the…

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    They go to Bristol Bay to get money off of commercial fishing, and if the oil was low we wouldn't have any money for it right now even fishing. By World War 2 The attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, would bring the United States into the war, but it also raised a concern that the U.S. Territory of Alaska was vulnerable to Japanese attack. Overland travel by car, truck, or train between the United States and Alaska through northwestern…

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    Honolulu

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    the island was turned into a major travel destination for Americans after the selling of Hawaiian culture (Honolulu). Honolulu is located in the state of Hawaii which is located on one of the major 8 islands, Oahu. Oahu is located in the northern Pacific Oceans, 2,390 miles from California and 3,390 miles from Japan (“Honolulu” Junior). “Honolulu’s foundation on the island of Oahu rest on the remains of two huge prehistoric volcanoes, Wai'anae and Ko'olau.” Honolulu's altitude ranges from sea…

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    Facts About Chile

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    Chile covers 756,950 square kilometers of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider than 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. More than 17.8 million people live in Chile. Santiago, the capital city, has a population of 308,000, but when counting Santiago Metropolis 6.68 million people live in that area. This is the largest city. The next on the list is the…

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    project to the world. Haskins stated that because of The Viceroy's concession of 1856, and consequently the statutes of the company based thereon, provided that the Canal should be open to all vessels of all nations, in time of peace and in time of war. When De Lesseps got older, he envisioned another waterway called the…

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    Canal began construction during the month of December in 2014. The Canal is being built towards the south of Nicaragua starting from the city of Brito and ending in Bluefields; another city in Nicaragua. The Nicaragua Canal will be connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; or the Atlantic Ocean. Back in the 16th century, Napoleon III of France dreamed of building the canal after a Spanish explorer conducted the first survey for the project at that time, but the project failed;…

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    The Pacific Northwest was once full of an abundance of untapped resources, it was barely populated and was the definition of a hinterland. As the Pacific Northwest started to become known and resources started to become majorly exploited and shipped, we slowly become what we are now, not a hinterland. After all the overuse and misuse of the land we are not and will never hinterland again. The definition of a hinterland is defined as parts of the country that is less developed and…

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    1. The Spanish-American War in the Caribbean Sea contains a lot of bodies of water surrounding islands and lands, which shows that were many resources available in the Caribbean Sea. There is the Windward, Leewards, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. There is the Atlantic Ocean that is surrounded by the countries such as Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The territorial outcomes of the Spanish American war solidify U.S. Naval control over the Panama Canal by the amount of trading routes and…

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    Typhoons In Unbroken

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    in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide. In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, chapter 17, the main character, Louie and his friend Phil were drifting into a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean as a result of their war plane’s engine failure. Just like the tropical disaster in northeastern Taiwan,…

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    Tsunami Research Paper

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    Tsunamis: what are these exactly, how do they occur, and why are known to be so deadly? Tsunamis are massive sea waves that are spawned from earthquakes generated underneath the ocean at tectonic plate boundaries. Although earthquakes are known to be the main cause of tsunamis, these enormous waves can occur due to occurrences such as rapid changes in the atmospheric pressure or volcanic eruptions. These waves are formed in a series, sometimes referred to as a “wave train.” There is never just…

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