- Columbia county spotlight newspaper. The Porcupine ranks 20th in drainage area, and the Tanana is number 16 for average discharge. Jul 11, 2019 ยท Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. By glowing red on Sunday night, April 12, 1981, the heavens over the United States displayed their pleasure with the successful flight of the shuttle Columbia. Ten states are smaller than the area covered by glaciers in Alaska. Granted, Alaska still has plenty of glaciers left, but the tidewater glaciers--those that empty directly into the sea--are on a drastic decline The Columbia Glacier is one of Alaska's better known tidewater glaciers, both from the standpoint of tourist attraction and the model it provides for scientific investigation. Alaska is more than twice the size of the largest of the lower 48 states, and the amount of Alaska underlain by permafrost is equal to the size of three Californias. The southern worms are longer than their northern cousins and resemble black hairs. Columbia Glacier, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Valdez near the epicenter of the great 1964 earthquake, is rapidly losing its battle for survival. It is the last of Alaska's 52 tidewater glaciers to begin its epic retreat from the sea. For comparison, that's right ahead of the Columbia in area drained and right after it in discharge. 3xw u9x0 zz4a ocjm9l z7y guolod 1k vluzm y8vsa ionnigc
