White Pass and Yukon Route Essays

  • Descriptive Essay On Alaska

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    Being wheelchair bound, for me an ideal holiday means either meeting or going beyond my limits, as much as I can. The Alaskan Cruise was by far the most outstanding holiday of my life. Our majestic journey began with a six-hour flight from Boston to Seattle. The next day we were all set to head towards the Seattle Docks, where our Celebrity Infinity Cruise would begin its journey. As we approached the docks, I had mixed feelings but found solace in that I was in the midst of my closest family members

  • Klondike vs. California gold rush

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    the California gold rush. I think this because of the climate that the miners had to face, the competition from other miners, the geography and the topography of the region, the traveling and the technology in the region that is also known as the Yukon Territory. After reading this you might consider that it would be better to be in the California gold rush than in the Klondike gold rush. The first reason I stated of why the Klondike gold rush was harder is because of harsh climate, and competition

  • The Klondike Gold Rush

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    Lynn. “History Glitters in Yukon; Lure of the Klondike Gold Rush Continues to Draw Conclusions to the North.” The Vancouver Sun April 28, 2012. ProQuest. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Wharton, David. “The Alaska Gold Rush”. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1972. Print. Stefoff, Rebecca. “The Northland”. Oxford University Press, 2002. elibrary. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. “The Klondike Gold Rush.” N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar.2014. “Klondike Gold Rush Yukon Territory 1897.” Klondike Gold Rush Yukon Territory 1897. N.p., n.d. Web

  • Canadian Railway

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    A Railway Investigation report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada had been filed on September 3, 2006. The train had been en route from Skagway, Alaska to Log Cabin, British Columbia. As explained in the report, the train had been overweight as there were eight loaded ballast cars plus four employees. It is noteworthy that the locomotive engineer was quite mindful of the speed of the train. His attempt to decelerate the train had been unsuccessful as the speed went from 10mph to 20mph in

  • Special Education in Rural Communities

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    realize that LD has no cure; instead, you manage it in a series of patterns and behaviors (LDA 1). I was fortunate; my last moments in a Special Needs classroom were as a fifth grader leaving State College. However, I remember clearly Mrs. Weiss and Ms. White and their impact upon me. Years later upon my return from the Army, I found among my old things the posters, alphabet book, and little stories that had made me so proud and received such encouragement from my teachers and parents. Returning to the