Harding Ice Field

Michelle's Visit to the AK

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August 16th 2011
Thursday night -Anchorage. Friday - quick walk to check out the Byron glacier and ice cave, hiking exit glacier/harding icefield (3,000 ft 8 miles round trip), starting in rainforest, then wildflowers, moving to tundra, and finally near arctic conditions, surprisingly many Asian tourists in dresses??, difficult hike for so many people, at the end the cutest little ermine/weasel played peek-a-boo w ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more