A MYSTERIOUS LITTLE THING CALLED CONCEPTION
Japanese believe that conceiving a child under a Northern Lights display is good luck.
iThere are no Northern Lights displays in Japan. he majority of winter visitors to Fairbanks-area
hot springs are Japanese.
Where Budweiser Isn't King Many Native villages are "dry vi There are at least ten micro in Alaska.
Ice, Ice, Baby Most of Alaska wasn't covered i during the last Ice Age. Alaska's glaciers are receding. No one knows exactly why.
Fool's Gold? $207.29 million in gold was ed in Alaska in 1997. Gold is often leached with Cyanide is poisonous.
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'"''''"'"Ⴀ SEEM CLOSE TO WAR OVER FISHING DIS AGREEMENTS. ONE COMPLICATION IS THAT SALMON CAN SPAWN HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM WHERE THEY HANG OUT. ANOTHER IS THAT SALMON DO NOT CARRY PASSPORTS.
DIRECT DEPOSIT -The Alaska Permanent Fund-a state investment portfolio from the oil
boom days in the 1970s-was worth $25.20 billion in February, 1999. -Each resident of Alaska got $1540.88 from the Permanent Fund last year. -Any Alaskan who collects a Permanent Fund check and lambastes oil is a hypocrite: oil may destroy ecosystems, but it also built Alaska's schools. -Some people give their Permanent Fund checks to environmental groups.
