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Author:
Atcheson, Dave.
Title:
Hidden Alaska : Bristol Bay and beyond / text by Dave Atcheson ; photography by Michael Melford.
Publisher:
National Geographic,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
155 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 19 x 26 cm.
Subject:
Bristol Bay (Alaska)--Pictorial works.
Drilling and boring--Environmental aspects.
Salmon.
Bristol Bay (Alaska)--Pictorial works.
Drilling and boring (Earth and rocks)--Environmental aspects.
Salmon.
Other Authors:
Melford, Michael.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155).
Summary:
Discusses the dilemma posed by the possibility of mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay, site of some of the world's greatest deposits of gold and copper, looking at the jobs and economic benefits of a mining operation, that would cause irreparable harm to what is also the world's biggest salmon spawning grounds.
ISBN:
1426207700
9781426207709 (trade)
Locations:
WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

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