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Where The Rivers Run North

by Willis Eschenbach

In the continental US, most of the rivers run east, west, or south. But in the Yukon and in Alaska, a number of them run north. The Yukon is a most curious river. The source of the Yukon in Lake Bennett in the Yukon Territory is only about forty miles (65 km) from the ocean … but instead of taking the direct route, it flows a total of almost 2000 miles (3200 km) before it finally gets to the ocean near Nome, Alaska.

Along the way, past Fairbanks in Alaska, the Yukon is joined by one of its many tributaries, the Tanana River. Like the Yukon, the Tanana also flows mostly north.

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You can see the Tanana River noted in blue just to the left of Fairbanks.

And why is it significant that the Yukon and Tanana rivers run north? Well, it leads to a curious condition in the springtime. Over the winter, of course, the rivers tend to freeze up solid. In the spring, the south end of both rivers tend to thaw first … and that makes the breaking up of the ice a sudden event, with the mass of water surging downriver and clearing out the ice as it goes.

This is all of interest to climateers because the nights in the far north are so long. Why is the length of the nights relevant? Well, people get bored when it’s dark most of the time, and back in the day there was no TV up north … and as a result, more than a century ago people took to betting on the exact date and time that the rivers would experience “ice-out”, as it is called. Hey, you gotta do something to keep the megrims away …



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I dunno...

:eek:

A couple of those puppies just have an evil look to them.

You just know they're thinking "LOOKEE, CHEW TOYS! LOTS OF 'EM!"

And then you find yourself wishing for extensive termite damage because that'd be a lot less expensive to fix than the havoc caused by the evil puppies who ate your house.
 
You just know they're thinking "LOOKEE, CHEW TOYS! LOTS OF 'EM!"

And then you find yourself wishing for extensive termite damage because that'd be a lot less expensive to fix than the havoc caused by the evil puppies who ate your house.

That's when I usually discover that I'm missing a sandal or a shoe. :D
 
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