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Mt.
McKinley, highest mountain in North America
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Alaska
Far northern,
Far away from the main land of this nation,
Close to an arctic
circle,
That is the place called Alaska.
It is only place
Where pristine frontier land still exists
With immense wilderness and nature.
It is only place
Where people can experience brute nature untouched
by civilization.
It is only place
Where caribou are roaming and puffins are diving.
In summertime,
days are so long
That people wonder when they can go to bed for sleep.
In wintertime, nights so long
That
people wonder when they wake up.
Glaciers are still scattered here and there
That reminisces an ice age
While presenting wondrous view to visitors.
Some glaciers look like a flowing river, extending all the way ocean surfaces.
Some others look immense endless ice field.
It is hoped that all glaciers remain unchanged
So that the ecosystem
on earth can remain unchanged forever.
Written after the trip to Alaska in summer 2003
Jae Ro
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Mt.
McKinley in Denali National Park, AL
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Fireweed, Alaska's State Flower
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Denali
National Park and Mount McKinley
Glittering snow covered mountain,
With highest altitude in North America
Formed with multiple triangular peaks
Attracts people
Only to observe from far away
Because it is too
far, too cold and too ragged to get there
Untouched and unspoiled land
That located in Denali National Park,
Where plenty nature exist,
While luring people.
Greasily bears, caribous, mountain goats, mountain sheep,
marmots, ...
Are roaming unbridled and freely over tundras, mountains, valleys, river banks, creeks, . . .
How pristine
nature it is!
Jae Ro
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*Denali
National Park is located in Interior Alaska and includes Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. It covers
9,492 square miles(over 6 million acres). The word “Denali” means “the great one” in native
Athabaskan language and refers to the mountain itself. The park was established as Mount McKinley National Park in 1917. The
park was designated an International Biosphere Reserve in 1976. A separate Denali National Monument was proclaimed by Jimmy
Carter in 1978. In 1980 Mount McKinley National Park and Denali National Monument were together incoporated and established
into Denali National Park and Reserve. Denali habitat is a mix of forest at lowest elevation, including deciduous taiga and
park also encloses tundra at middle elevation, and glacier, rock, and perpetual snow at the highest elevations. Number of
annual visitors are more than 400,000.
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Glacier in Wrangel National Park
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