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Article: BEAUTY ABOUNDS IN ALASKA'S RUGGED WILDLIFE REFUGE.(News)(IN THE NORTHWEST)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 9, 2001
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Byline: JOEL CONNELLY P-I COLUMNIST
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE -- With its vast spaces, 24-hour summer light and a total absence of civilization's intrusive noises, Alaska's Canning River is a sanctuary that teaches reverence for life outside one's own.
The river, which for miles forms the western boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, was called by a guide "a wilderness without handrails." The climate is harsh, the growing season compressed into three months, and a predator-prey relationship means that for many creatures, life is brutish and short.
Yet, this is a life-affirming landscape, a setting where "the music of the ...