Juneau

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Best foreign films for travelers

Living in Juneau, Alaska in the early 80s was an adventure. The sojourn fueled my passion for foreign films and travel writing. It was an oddly sophisticated city in so many ways and yet about as remote as a state capital can get. During that time, there was one theater downtown that played Indies and foreign films, served espresso drinks and real buttered popcorn before it was trendy to do so.

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Bats: Threatening or threatened?

We sat on rocks enjoying the cool summer air outside the Park Service cabin. It was remote and more than 50 miles north of Sitka. Earlier that afternoon, our rented float plane landed on a small lake behind the White Sulphur Hot Springs site. Soon a pile of supplies sat between ferns and rock. We carried our week's rations and a fold-boat kayak along a short forest trail and into a rough-hewn cabin that could sleep eight. It was more than enough room for the two of us.

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