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From the last frontier of the USA - "The great state of Alaska."

July 2002.

Probing Asteroids

On July third 2002, the launch of the contour probe will provide detailed information on the contents of a comet.

The probe will fly by the comets at a distance of around 60 miles. The below listed URL will provide you with the makeup of the mission and what is Hoped to be accomplished.

http://www.contour2002.org/

A Bears Tale

Alaska is known for the bear population in our state. There is basically three kinds Of bears. The black bear, the brown bear (grizzly) and the polar bear. The brown Bear has been estimated to reach a weight over 1000 pounds and stand up to 10 feet tall (and more). The black bear does not reach such large proportions. The Polar bear can be huge with weights well over 1000 pounds and stand upright to Over 12 feet. A rule in Alaska is, never try to outrun a bear you will lose!

The below listed URL(the shadow of the bear) will provide the user with in depth Information about BROWN BEARS.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bruno6/