Revista Iberoamericana de

Prctica Filosfica

Diciembre 2017

Volumen I - Ao 0
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editor in chief Asociacin Consulta Filosfica

creative director Soledad Hernndez Bermdez

managing editor carlotta gatewood

style editor danica carlos

associate editor margaret palmore

assistant editor santiago brister

editorial assistant jennifer rencher

features editor Javier Benito Palacios

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contenido
Diciembre 2017

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LOOKING FOR ALASKA
Exploring Alaska's Top 5 glaciers and the

majestic view of an unpolluted starry

starry night.

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LARGER THAN LIFE
We go under the surface and reveal the

elusive and well-kept hidden secrets of

Arizona's Grand Canyon.

36
OTTAWA O'CLOCK
We got up extra early to experience the

wonder that is Lake Ottawa at sunrise.

Worth it? Definitely.

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SATELLITE SKIES
Our friends at NASA give us a little insider

view on what the world looks like from

above. Spoiler: it's amazing.

42
THE LIGHTHOUSE
The 300-year old lighthouse on Wakama

Island is a testament to the hands of time.

Photos inside!

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PHOTOS BY KIA SAMMON

ice, ice baby

There are some glaciers you can

drive to, but very few that you can

stroll to. Just 15 miles from Seward

where many cruises embark and

disembarkExit Glacier is one of the

most popular road-accessible

glaciers in the state. In fact, you can

walk almost right up to the face of it

in 30 minutes, by way of the Edge of

the Glacier Trail.

Exit Glacier is not huge, but it looks

big up close, so it makes a great

place for photos. Its also a good

spot to learn about glacial

movement, since its receding quickly;

there's even a guide marking its

recession over the past 120 years.

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looking for
alaska
Being able to walk up to any glacier is a stunning experience, and this big boy is the biggest,
and perhaps most impressive roadside glacier, in part because you can easily touch it.Just a
2.5-hour drive from Anchorage, the Matanuska Glacier sits off the scenic but less-traveled
Glenn Highway. More than four miles wide at its terminus, Matanuska is so massivethat the
water flowing out of its snout forms the roaring Matanuska River.

WORDS BY LAURA PALMER

To see the glacier, you can just take Tidewater glaciers originate high in Located 12 miles outside of Juneau,

one of the pullouts all along the the mountains and cover dozens of Mendenhall Glacier gets more than

highway each with great photo ops miles before plunging into the sea. 400,000 visitors each year. You can

or you can drive near the glaciers Only 90 minutes from Anchorage by get there by taking a narrated bus

edge for up-close photos. One car or train, Prince William Sound has tour, but you can also go on your

qualifier: Access to the glacier is on more tidewater glaciers than own: A taxi to the glacier costs $35

private land, so theres a $15 fee. anywhere on earth, and its one of one way, while a shuttle bus is just $8

If getting close isnt enough, you can the easiest places to take a glacier each way.

also join a guiding company for a cruise. Its also one of the most

glacier hike, ice climbing class or affordable places: the glaciers arent A half-mile wide, the glacier feeds

rafting trip (with the option of either terribly far away, and there are Mendenhall Lake, which stays pretty

scenic or whitewater routes). The multiple companies to choose from. placid: While there are some

sheer ice walls, deep blue holes icebergs in the lake, the face ranges

(called moulins) and creaking ice Southeast Alaska has just one glacier from 5 to 200 feet tall, so you cant

make it an unforgettable experience. accessible by road, but it makes up expect booming calving action.

for its novelty in being extremely

At the very least, its a great excuse accessible: you can even take a cab You can, however, do some good

to drive the Glenn Highway. This road here pretty easily. exploring. Theres a Forest Service

trip gives you a feel for the colorful Visitor Center overlooking the lake

adventurers, guides and backcountry Most tours take between four and and glacier, which has a large aerial

Alaskans who live in these remote five hours, but there are two distinct map of the icefield, an informational

corners of the state. Its easy to types of cruises, and they offer video and spotting scopes ($3).

spend a couple days out here, thanks different experiences: Youll see

to the great lodgesnot the big, more glaciers on the high-speed The Forest Service also maintains

cruise-circuit lodges, but intimate, catamaranssuch as the Surprise several trails. One of them is The Trail

family-run places that attract Glacier in Harriman Fjord, which of Time, a -mile paved interpretive
independent-minded travelers. some people think is the best calving walk, with signs marking the glaciers

glacier in the sound. The slower recession. The East Glacier Trail,

Youve likely seen those iconic glacier cruising boats, on the other hand, meanwhile, is a 3.5 mile loop with

images, with hunks of ice crashing spend more time at the glaciers they 500 feet of elevation gain, which

into the ocean. But to experience visit, and those trips often include gives you a good birds eye view of

that humbling sight in person, your Blackstone Bay, where you can listen the ice.

best bet is to go to Prince William to the creaking and cracking ice

Sound. while eating prime rib and king crab.

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