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After graduating from college,/I worked for a photographer for two years. In 1978,/I went to Alaska again. My plan was/to stay for five years or so,/taking photographs. But as it turned out,/I’ve been living there for 18 long years!
Why do I like Alaska so much? Well,/of course,/it has great nature. Elsewhere in America,/there are great national parks/like Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. But just outside of these parks,/there are cities and towns. In Alaska,/there is only the vast expanse of wilderness.
You may think/that it is always winter in Alaska,/but the fact is that there are rather clear seasonal changes. I live in Fairbanks. The sun rises a little past ten in the morning in January,/and then sinks before two in the afternoon. The average low temperature is about 24 degrees below zero. As the days get longer,/people sense the coming of spring. Snow begins to melt,/ice breaks up on the rivers,/and the whole world seems to change. In summer,/the sun is above the horizon day and night;/the average high in July is 23 degrees. In autumn,/people prepare for winter. Many people make jam/from berries they pick in the forest.
After graduating from college,/I worked for a photographer for two years. In 1978,/I went to Alaska again. My plan was/to stay for five years or so,/taking photographs. But as it turned out,/I’ve been living there for 18 long years!
Why do I like Alaska so much? Well,/of course,/it has great nature. Elsewhere in America,/there are great national parks/like Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. But just outside of these parks,/there are cities and towns. In Alaska,/there is only the vast expanse of wilderness.
You may think/that it is always winter in Alaska,/but the fact is that there are rather clear seasonal changes. I live in Fairbanks. The sun rises a little past ten in the morning in January,/and then sinks before two in the afternoon. The average low temperature is about 24 degrees below zero. As the days get longer,/people sense the coming of spring. Snow begins to melt,/ice breaks up on the rivers,/and the whole world seems to change. In summer,/the sun is above the horizon day and night;/the average high in July is 23 degrees. In autumn,/people prepare for winter. Many people make jam/from berries they pick in the forest.