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Back to the Ice Age – Alaska Glacier Bay

Posted on January 26, 2010 by admin

Had he been interested, Captain George Vancouver, who charted the waters of Icy Strait in 1794, could have seen all of Glacier Bay in about an hour. In those days, however, the 5-mile-long indentation in the 100-mile (160-km) long, 20-mile … Continue reading →

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Clayoquot Sound – British Columbia

Posted on October 4, 2009 by admin

At Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, land’s end is a ragged line of forested slopes plunging into the ocean. Its 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-km) area supports the largest lowland temperate rainforest remaining on Earth. Islands, large and small … Continue reading →

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Hot Springs Cove – British Columbia

Posted on October 4, 2009 by admin

Tucked away on a peninsula in the north-western region of Clayoquot Sound is Hot Springs Cove where 120F (50C) natural sulphur hot spring tumbles over rocky ledges into steaming pools, then into the ocean. Apart from a small marina about … Continue reading →

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