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Looking into Windy Pass Valley along the Dempster Highway

Description

Looking into Windy Pass Valley along the Dempster Highway. This valley hasbeen unglaciated for the last 100,000 years and pollen analysis indicates thatthe indigenous composition of plants has remained constant during this period.Hence, this flora is what early human emigrants encountered whenmigrating to North America.

Photographer

Dr. John Cloud

Display Date

2010 September

Location

Canada, Yukon Territory

Collection

America's Coastlines

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Central Library