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Atmospheric Aleutians

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August 31st 2006
I landed in Anchorage on Sunday, August 20th to the 14th consecutive day of rain in south-central Alaska. Bag handlers, taxi drivers and radio hosts all sounded deflated and resigned to an early, dark winter. But it wasn't to be, for a day, at any rate. Monday morning the sun was out in full force, though by Tuesday morning, when my friend Jamie -who flew up from New York- and I got on the Homer S ... 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