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		<title>Marine Travel in Alaska: A Rich History of Ocean Travel from Steamships to Fast Ferries</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/natural-history/marine-travel-in-alaska/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine travel provides a ready way to explore the many wildlife viewing and recreational opportunities found in coastal Alaska. Alaska is rugged coastal state, rich with maritime traditions and nautical history. With more than 90 percent of the State&#8217;s population living along its coasts, marine transportation dominates as the prime means of access for visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alaska Milepost 2010 Travel Planner 62nd Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A valued guidebook for travelers in the north, the Milepost is a well known and respected resource for visitors to Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. 2009 is significant for Alaska, admitted into the Union on January 3, 1959; this year marks its 50th anniversary of statehood.]]></description>
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		<title>Explore Southern Southeast Alaska: A Perfect Destination for the Independent Outdoor Traveler</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Marine Highway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter-Island Ferry Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misty Fiords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Alaska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take time to visit Southeast Alaska and explore the many recreational opportunities available especially for independent travelers. We&#8217;re a jaded bunch here in Alaska and don&#8217;t always appreciate our surroundings. I often forget how overwhelming Southeast Alaska was to all of my senses stepping off the M/V Matanuska onto the Wrangell dock for the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard Cutter Crosses Arctic Circle on Anniversary of Northwest Passage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Petty Officer 1st Class Kurt Fredrickson &#8211; KODIAK, Alaska &#8211; In 1865 the first U.S. Light House Service tender reached the shores of Russian Alaska and sparked the beginning of what has been more than 145 years of Coast Guard history in the Bering Sea. While the wooden ships of the Light House and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking on the Tongass National Forest</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/trails/hiking-on-the-tongass-national-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At more than 17 million acres in size, the Tongass National Forest located in Southeast Alaska is the largest forest administered in the overall national forest system. The Tongass is world renowned for its old growth temperate rain forests covered with enormous Sitka spruce, Hemlock fir, and Yellow cedar. These forests protect watersheds that support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Directives Issued for Arctic Region Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In closing hours of the Bush Administration, new National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives were issued that address arctic region policy for the United States. A key statement found in the documents reinforces the notion that the United States is an Arctic nation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pathfinder Grounding Investigation Released by Coast Guard</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/pathfinder-grounding-investigation-report-released-by-coast-guard/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/pathfinder-grounding-investigation-report-released-by-coast-guard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 23, 2009, Crowley Maritime Corporation's tugboat Pathfinder was serving as an ice scout vessel in Prince William Sound. At about 6:18 pm that evening, the 136-foot vessel ran aground on Bligh Reef, the same reef on which the Exxon Valdez grounded twenty years earlier. The Coast Guard's official report on the Pathfinder incident, released in May of this year, lists a number of factors that contributed to the event. At the root of these factors lies a story of inattention and complacency on the part of the tug's master and crew, resulting in their failure to follow standard procedures, poor communication between them, and a loss of situational awareness.]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-region-underprepared-for-maritime-accidents/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-region-underprepared-for-maritime-accidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the seasonal transit of the Northwest Passage becoming a reality, an increase in Arctic shipping traffic is inevitable. The energy, shipping and cruise industry all see opportunities for their operations in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Down Near Snow Removal Equipment</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/slow-down-near-snow-removal-equipment-2/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/slow-down-near-snow-removal-equipment-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With recent snow statewide, the agency is asking drivers to be on the lookout on snowplows and road graders. Part of DOT&#038;PF’s concern is driven by three separate incidents in recent days where cars have ran into the back of snowplows.]]></description>
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		<title>Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning Seen in NASA Satellite Survey</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-sea-ice-thinning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Alaska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive survey of Arctic sea ice shows that shows there has been dramatic thinning between the years of 2004 to 2008. The once dominant and thicker multi-year ice is being supplanted by thinner seasonal ice.]]></description>
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