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Chapter 1:
Grandma Chris talks about her father
The gold rush era in Alaska's history
Samuel hunting for a seal in winter
Learn about subsistence
Samuel at the river side
Information on the occurrence of gold
Samuel panning
Information on panning
Samuel on his sled
Information on how Alaskans traveled
Alaska landscape: lost in the wilderness
Iditarod: Anchorage to Nome
Size comparison
Chapter 2:
Children on the lawn
Tim on a magic carpet
Color the picture
Children on a sled
Julie on the lawn
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Roger making a suggestion
Chapter 3:
What are satellites
More about satellites
Earth and moon
More about moons
Camera and satellites: flying heights
SAR: capable of seeing in the dark
More about satellite images
SAR: capable of seeing through the clouds
Julie wondering about image size
Julie calculating
Follow Julie's calculations and try some for yourself
Chapter 4:
Roger showing radar images
SAR image of a river
Alaskan Rivers
River photograph
SAR image of a glacier
Alaskan glaciers
Glacier photograph
SAR image of a city
Air photography of city
Corner reflector animation
Roger wishing good luck
Chapter 5:
Children surfing the internet
Geophysical Institute at the UAF campus
About the UAF, GI, and ASF
SAR image of the pipeline
Painting of the pipeline
Information on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
SAR image of a ship
Plans to go to Alaska
Chapter 6:
Mystic Alaska
Corner reflector in Delta Junction
Explanation on what a corner reflector is
Instructions for building a corner reflector model
Disappointed children
Children walking in field
Math activity
Children find the treasure box
Quiz
© 2006, Geophysical Institute, UAF