In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . atements as to climate applicable toAlaska as a whole are entirely out of the question,on account of the difference in conditions which obtainon the coast and in the interior, even thirty miles backfrom the sea. The climate of southeastern Alaska canbe compared with that of southern Norway. It is muchmilder than the climate in the same latitude on the At-lantic coast. This is due to the w
In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . atements as to climate applicable toAlaska as a whole are entirely out of the question,on account of the difference in conditions which obtainon the coast and in the interior, even thirty miles backfrom the sea. The climate of southeastern Alaska canbe compared with that of southern Norway. It is muchmilder than the climate in the same latitude on the At-lantic coast. This is due to the warm current of thePacific that sweeps up from the southwest, having thesame effect that is produced by the flow of the GulfStream in the Atlantic. Summer weather on the coastis much more liable to be wet and cloudy than in the in-terior. May, June, and part of July are usually all onecould desire, but from that on to the opening of winterdisagreeable weather is the rule and not the St. Michael, during this period, rain falls four days inseven. In October the winds shear round from thesouthwest to the north and fine weather sets in. Duringthe fall wind storms are of frequent FOUR YEARS COMPARED. 27l The mean temperature for the four seasons and theyear, at four different points in the lower Yukon district,are given in the following table. The first point is FortGet There, on St. Michael; the second, the GreekMission at Cogmute, on the Yukon, 150 miles from itsmouth; the third, at Nulato, a Roman Catholic Mission,several hundred miles further up the river, and the fourthat Fort Yukon: Means. St. Michael. Cogmute. Nulato. Fort Yuko* Spring, Summer, 59-67 Autumn, 39-°5 Winter, Year, Chief Willis L. Moore, of the Weather Bureau, hasfurnished some interesting facts about the climatic con-ditions in Alaska, and touching particularly on the Klon-dike region. The
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