Gubha iviki likazwelonke lePaki Lezizindawo ezihamba phambili ze-Alaska

Uhlelo lukazwelonke lwepaki likaMelika luye lwafakazela ukuguquka komlando wemvelo kanye nenqubekela phambili kusukela kwaqala ukusungulwa ngo-1916 ngaleso sikhathi-uMongameli Woodrow Wilson. Idizayinelwe ukulondoloza nokuvikela izindawo zasendle nezendawo okwamanje nekusasa, i-Park Service iye yaqala ukuhlanganisa zonke izindawo ezingu-50 nezase-US. Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-Alaska, lapho kunezindawo zokugcina ezihlala kude, ezingenamgwaqo, nasezindaweni zasendle ezikhona, ezigciniwe, nezomlando ezikhona. I-Alaska inezingxenye ezingu-24 zepaki zomhlaba ngaphakathi komngcele wayo wama-square angama-663,000 futhi zithola izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2 zaminyaka yonke, isifungo sokuzibophezela kwePark Service kulabo abahamba ngendlela eya eFintern Frontier.

Uma umuntu efisa ngempela ukuzwa amapaki kazwelonke ase- Alaska ngombono wabashamuzi abazitholile futhi bakhethe lezi zindawo ezibalulekile, zama izindawo ezivame ukungazinaki. Yebo, iDenali National Park iyamangalisa. Kodwa wake wake wacabangela uhambo oluya e- Kotzebue noma e- Nome ? Kuthiwani ngamaqhwa eqhele kakhulu eduze kwaseSeward? Kukhona okuningi ohlelweni lukazwelonke lwepaki lika-Alaska kunalowo ongabhekwa emotweni noma esitimeleni. I-Park Service iphendukele ngamashumi angu-100 ngo-2016, futhi ukugubha, i-ejenti ibeka ucingo emhlabeni: "Woza ukuvakashela amapaki akho."

• 01 ngo-07

  I-Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

  I-Nome idume kakhulu nge- Iditarod Sled Dog Race kanye nemiboniso ehlukahlukene yethelevishini ebonakalayo, kodwa futhi iyindlela eya kwelinye lamahle kakhulu futhi elithakazelisayo elilondoloze eMelika. Imfundiso ivame ukuthi ngabe abantu bawela "ibhuloho lomhlaba" phakathi kwe-Asia neNyakatho Melika emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, futhi nawe ungama endaweni efanayo. Thatha isikhathi sokuvakashela i-Serpentine Hot Springs bese ufaka kulolu daba lwendabuko lwe-Inupiat olwaluthandwa kakhulu nabanikazi begolide ekuqaleni kwawo-1900.

  Finyelela kulondolozwe kanye namasayithi nge- Alaska Airlines kusukela e-Anchorage noma e-Fairbanks, bese ngezindiza ezincane, unyawo noma umshini ebusika.

• 02 ngo-07

  I-Glacier Bay National Park

  I-park yesizwe kakhulu abavakashi bayakhuluma, i-Glacier Bay iseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Alaska. Yakha amahektare ayizigidi ezingu-3.3 ezinogwini olumile, ama-fjords ajulile, futhi ebizwa ngokuthi i-glaciers, leli paki liyi-Alaska kuphela lezindawo eziyigugu zezwe, elinamahektha ayizigidi ezingu-25 ezikhethwe ukuvikeleka okungapheli.

  I-Glacier Bay inesakhiwo esisodwa, indlunkulu esiseBartlett Cove eduze kwedolobha laseGustavus , lapho imikhumbi encane yokuhamba khona, amakhamera kanye nabanye abagibeli bezokuzilibazisa bangakwazi ukuhlanganisa nokuhlola indawo. Imikhumbi emikhulu ye-cruise kufanele ithembele kuma-hazard afika ebhodini ngezingqungquthela ezincane ukuchitha usuku olunikeza abagibeli ithuba lokusondeza kakhulu kwizilwane zasendle zaseGlacier Bay, geology, nesayensi yezemvelo.

• 03 ka-07

  I-Aleutian YeMpi Yezwe II Yendawo Yomlando

  I-Alaska yayigxila kwelinye lampi eziqhumayo zeMpi Yezwe II, kodwa abantu abaningi abazi lutho ngisho nanamuhla. I- Aleutian Island Chain ingenye yezindawo ezisogwini ezisemaphandleni, ngesimo sezulu esinobudlova kanye nemoya noma umoya wokuhamba ngezinyawo ukuze ufike lapho.

  Ngokwemlando ikhaya le-Aleut (i-Unangax) Abantu cishe iminyaka eyi-10 000, ama-Aleutians ayengamaqhinga okulwa neqhinga lempi ekuqaleni kwawo-1940. Amabutho aseJapane abonakala ebheke ezindaweni zaseKiska nase-Attu, futhi ukuhlasela eDutch Harbor kwaqeda yonke into ngoJuni ka-1942, lapho amasosha ehlasela iKiska nase-Attu ngokushesha nje kwalokho. Okunye okushiwo yilokhu kukhishwa nokuthunyelwa kwezinkulungwane zemindeni yaseMelika ukuze imise, imvula eSouth-East Alaska, ebangela ubunzima obuningi nokunciphisa impilo.

  Isihambeli sanamuhla singasulazula indawo evezwe yi-craters, amabunk bunk, nama-huts omdala ase-Quonset. Ungaphuthelwa i-Fort Schwatka ne- Museum of the Aleutians edolobheni laseDutch Harbor, noma i- World War II Museum eseduze nesikhumulo sezindiza.

• 04 ka 07

  I-Kenai Fjords National Park

  Efinyeleleka, evelele, futhi ehlinzeka ngezinketho zokuzijabulisa ezihlukene, i- Kenai Fjords National Park yimizuzu emibili elula e-Anchorage, eduze nedolobha elincane laseSeward. Esebenzisa njengendlela yokungena kuma-glaciers angu-40 egeleza kusukela e-Harding Icefield, leli paki lihlukile kulowo mvakashi ukuthi angashayela, agibele, aqhube, noma abuyele emazweni awo ahlukene.

  Ukuphuma kweGlacier yiyona evame ukuvakashelwa kakhulu, futhi uMengameli Obama wenza uhambo lapho ngo-2015 ukuhlola nokubhekana nemiphumela engaba khona yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngempela, umuntu angathola ukuncishiswa kweGlacier ephumayo kusukela emgwaqweni omkhulu, futhi kuze kube yilapho ehamba khona. Misa ngesikhungo sesivakashi, thatha ukuhamba okuqondisiwe, noma ikamu ezindaweni ezisendaweni eziseduze.

  Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuhlola ipaki, noma kunjalo, isemanzini, ifuna izintambo, izilwane zasolwandle, ama-puffin, ama-otters, nama-eagle. Ama-glaciers aseTidewater ayaqhubeka ekupheleni kwezintambo ezincane, futhi i-bear yezinye izikhathi noma imbuzi yezintaba ingahle ibonakale ihamba ngezintaba eziphakeme ezigcwele izihlahla ezinobuthi kanye nohlaza.

• 05 ka-07

  I-Lake Clark National Park

  Ingabe umcabango weviki ochithe ukudoba imifula nemifula ebandayo yase-Alaska iyathandeka? Kuthiwani ngokubheka impilo yansuku zonke yebhebhu elibomvu, noma ukuvakashela umuzi wendawo yokuhlala yasekhaya yase-Alaska?

  I-Lake Clark National Park ifinyelelwa ngezindiza ezindiza elilodwa ihora elivela e-Anchorage futhi inikeza izivakashi ithuba lokuhlangana ngokuqondile nazo cishe zonke izinto zohlu lwamakethe lokuzijabulisa ngaphandle.

  I-Port Alsworth iyikhaya lesikhungo esikhulu sabashekeli nokufinyelela emisebenzini eminingi yepaki. Hlalani ku-General Lodge, noma niphume enye indiza, thola umzila kanye nekamu eduze neTwin Lakes lapho uRichard "Dick" Proenneke ohlala khona eyakha indlu yakhe eyisizinda seNational Historic Register.

  I-Kayaking ne-canoeing nayo ibuyele eLake Clark, enezingubo zokulala nezindawo eziningi zokulala ezihambisa ukuhamba okukodwa noma okuningi. Ungakhohlwa isibalo sakho sokudoba!

• 06 ka-07

  I-Wrangell-St. I-Elias National Park

  Ipaki enkulu kunazo zonke kuzwelonke, Wrangell-St. U-Eliya uyaziwa ngensimu yayo yokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo ehamba ngamamayela angu-2 000 square kanye nezintaba eziphakeme ezithwala izigodi ngezansi.

  Okukhulu kakhulu ngendawo, ipaki i-mecca ye-rafting, ukukhuphuka, ukubuyisela emuva, kanye nabathanda abashisayo endaweni yayo eyikude. Kodwa izivakashi eziningi zithola i-Wrangell-St. U-Elias kufinyeleleka nge-Edgerton Highway, umgwaqo ongcolile wamamayela angu-60 oholela enkanini encane kaMcCarthy naseKennecott National Historical Landmark.

  Eyayimayini yethusi, uKennecott wavinjelwa ngawo-1930 ngemuva kokusebenza kahle futhi manje usebuyiselwe ngokugcwele yiNational Park Service. Kuphela kuwufanele ukuvakashelwa kweWrangell-St. U-Elias nezivakashi bayakujabulela ukuhlola izindawo ezisemadolobheni nasezimayini, ukuhamba emigwaqeni, nokugibela eqhweni ku-Root Glacier.

• 07 ka-07

  I-Kobuk Valley National Park

  I-Caribou. Amadonsa asetsheni lasendulo. Eminyakeni engu-9 000 yomlando wesintu. Leli yiKobuk Valley National Park, elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Alaska, ngokuphelele ngaphezu kwe-Arctic Circle.

  Indlela kuphela yokufinyelela eKobuk Valley ingena edolobheni laseKotzebue, futhi ngezindiza kusukela epaki ikude kakhulu futhi akukho imigwaqo noma imigwaqo ehamba ngqo kuyo. Uma usukhona, noma kunjalo, cishe amahektha angu-2 wezigidi ze-backcountry alindele isivakashi esinesipiliyoni, esinokufinyelela ekugubheni isipele, ukupakisha, ukudoba, nokudlala izithombe zasendle.

  Njalo ngonyaka, ama-caribou angaphezu kuka-500,000 ahamba ngeKobuk Valley, elandela izindlela zakudala zenzalo yabo. I-Grayling ihlala emfuleni iKobuk, futhi abantu base-Alaska baseNtshonalanga bachitha isikhathi esifushane sokuphila ngokuphila emabhange ase-sandy.

  I-Kobuk nayo yindawo kuphela e-Alaska enezintabeni zasemhlabatsini yangempela, i-desert of izinhlobo eyadala amakhulu eminyaka edlule ngezingqungquthela ezimbili ezenza ukuba izidumbu ziqhutshelwe endaweni eyodwa enkulu, engamahektare angama-acre 200 000. I- Great Kobuk Sand Dunes yinsimu enkulu kunazo zonke esebenza e-Arctic North America.