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Alaska on the rocks: by land or by sea, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is something to behold.
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March 22, 2008
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- Heacox, Kim
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So you're thinking about Alaska, the America that used to be. You've read Jack London and John McPhee. Your last walk in the woods was nice, but the trail was too wide and too well-manicured. You passed four signs, 20 mountain bikers, and 12 hikers walking briskly with their iPods and designer dogs. You found yourself wishing for a bear just then. No small black bear. You wanted a grizzly, or better yet, a big coastal brownie, Ursus arctos. A bear raised on coho salmon.
Back home, you're thinking again. You're restless. You bust out a map and find the feisty subcontinent of your imagination. You trace the coastline 900 miles north from Seattle ...
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Glacier Bay: Chapter 7 Guide and Advisor
U.S. History;
US Department of the Interior;
787 words
......between Gustavus and Bartlett Cove - at flight time only...by a concessioner at Glacier Bay Lodge, and year-round...service from Juneau to Glacier Bay are usually available...For boat service at Glacier Bay, see Trips Up the Bay...
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Glacier Bay.(our boatU.S.)
BOAT/U.S. Magazine;
March 1, 2005 ;
Jaquette, Leslee;
641 words
......conditions for go anywhere, go anytime Glacier Bay catamaran owners. These people love...smooth-ride of twin hulls, a group of Glacier Bay owners seized the day last September...were participants in the First Annual Glacier Bay Rendezvous sponsored by the I-90 Marine...
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MURKOWSKI: SENATE APPROVES GLACIER BAY HYDRO BILL LAND EXCHANGE, SENDS...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
October 10, 1998 ;
393 words
......gov) MURKOWSKI: SENATE APPROVES GLACIER BAY HYDRO BILL LAND EXCHANGE, SENDS...that will make a land swap at Glacier Bay National Park to permit a small...reapproved a modified version of the Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment...will add a few small islands at ...
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MURKOWSKI: SENATE PANEL CLEARS GLACIER BAY HYDRO BILL LAND EXCHANGE
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
July 31, 1998 ;
352 words
......MURKOWSKI: SENATE PANEL CLEARS GLACIER BAY HYDRO BILL LAND EXCHANGE WASHINGTON...that will make a land swap at Glacier Bay National Park to permit a small...committee this week approved the Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment...will add a few small islands at Glacier ...
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BAY OF WONDERS ALASKA'S GLACIER BAY AN AWESOME SHOWCASE OF NATURE'S...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
October 30, 1997 ;
Connelly, Joel;
787 words
......plodded along the shore of Tidal Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park, passing in front of a...the shore. Is this unreal or what?'' Glacier Bay is equally unreal. The 62-mile-long...great-grandmother. The September trip to Glacier Bay fulfilled a dream. In 1973, I had stood...
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MURKOWSKI CONTINUES EFFORT TO WIN CONTINUATION OF GLACIER BAY FISHING
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
May 28, 1999 ;
409 words
......CONTINUES EFFORT TO WIN CONTINUATION OF GLACIER BAY FISHING WASHINGTON -- Saying he`s not...and subsistence fishing to continue in Glacier Bay National Park. Murkowski said today...would permit fishing to continue in Glacier Bay. The steel and oil and gas provisions...
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VODKA-BASED GLACIER BAY GOES AGAINST WINE COOLERS: LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE...
Advertising Age;
October 11, 1999 ;
Chura, Hillary;
394 words
......sales away from wine coolers and beer. Glacier Bay, a slightly carbonated vodka and fruit...or cranberry/grapefruit varieties. Glacier Bay claims it's the country's only single-ser...depending on state and local taxes. Glacier Bay Beverages President Jason Kane predicted...
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Glacier Bay: Chapter 1 The Gem of Alaska's Inside Passage
U.S. History;
US Department of the Interior;
787 words
......Volume: Handbook 123 Date: 1983 Overview of Glacier Bay People are attracted to Glacier Bay, not only for its spectacular scenery in...both the natural and human history of the Glacier Bay area. Chapter 1 The Gem of Alaska's Inside...
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GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK PROPOSE REGULATIONS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
March 6, 2006 ;
634 words
......requested from Glacier Bay National Park...ferry category to Bartlett Cove with a year-round...Adams Inlet in Glacier Bay to cruise ships...vessels based in Bartlett Cove; * Relax existing...Regulations Comment, Glacier Bay National Park...Superintendent, ...
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Glacier Bay Fishing Provision Meets with Interior Dept. Approval
U.S. Newswire;
October 21, 1998 ;
593 words
......the problem of commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park. "We have increased protection...treatment for fishermen who have fished Glacier Bay for many years," Babbitt said. Private...all Americans. Commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park has taken significant...
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Glacier Bay a leftover of recession; Boats allow viewing of an ever-...
Sunday News Lancaster, PA;
September 8, 2002 ;
John McGonigle;
340 words
...GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska...true reality of this land is change." Glacier Bay did not exist in 1794 when explorer Capt...Island, 65 miles from Juneau, Alaska. Glacier Bay was later carved by a retreating glacier...
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HUMPBACK WHALE ENTANGLED IN CRAB POT LINE IN GLACIER BAY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 7, 2006 ;
388 words
......National Park Service's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve...whale has been observed in Glacier Bay entangled in crab pot line...swimming on the surface near Bartlett Cove. Entangled in its tail...the lower bay waters of Glacier Bay to attempt to free the...National ...
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Glacier Bay
Weekend All Things Considered (NPR);
November 22, 1997 ;
Paul Dobbyn, Daniel Zwerdling;
787 words
......ZWERDLING, HOST: For decades, Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park has provided visitors...end. The number of tourists visiting Glacier Bay has doubled in the past 10 years, and...government goes ahead with its plans for Glacier Bay National Park, the impact would be felt...
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MURKOWSKI VOWS GLACIER BAY BATTLE TO GO ON
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
May 13, 1999 ;
451 words
......IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 13, 1999 MURKOWSKI VOWS GLACIER BAY BATTLE TO GO ON WASHINGTON -- ``The Glacier Bay battle goes on, but we will ultimately...and subsistence fishing to continue in Glacier Bay. Murkowski`s amendment would have permitted...
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VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTIONS IMPLEMENTED IN LOWER GLACIER BAY TO PROTECT...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 9, 2008 ;
340 words
...The National Park Service's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve issued the following press release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent...the water is being implemented in lower Glacier Bay whale waters to protect numerous humpback...calf pair, have been observed in ...
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