Northwest History. Alaska. Exhibits.
Hobbyist Says Alaska Climate Once Tropical. HOBBYIST SAYS ALASKA CLIMATE ONCE TROPICAL KETCHIKAN, Alassa. July 21. (/P) -- Charles Henry Harrison, 67. a fossil hobbyist, returned from the Alaskan peninsula today with proof, he said, that Alaskan climate was once tropical. Among his findings were wha...
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1939
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| Online Access: | http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91091 |
| Summary: | Hobbyist Says Alaska Climate Once Tropical. HOBBYIST SAYS ALASKA CLIMATE ONCE TROPICAL KETCHIKAN, Alassa. July 21. (/P) -- Charles Henry Harrison, 67. a fossil hobbyist, returned from the Alaskan peninsula today with proof, he said, that Alaskan climate was once tropical. Among his findings were what he called petrified snails. He said he would show his exhibits to Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. Smithsonian institution, who is now in western Alaska. |
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