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Show " ! / W H N CONTRASTSTropics CONTRASTS CONTRASTSTropics ; Tropics , Frozen Arcticaced Arctic Deed aced in in Oversens Overseas Parks Parkst 1 > . t WNU features featuresI Features\ Features Featuresif I 1\ 1 \ 1f t if f the great national parks which belong to the people peopleI peopler I 1 ? nited mted nlted States lie he lle in our territories overscas-Hawan overscas Hawan overseas-Hawaii overseas Hawaii overscasHawanI overseasHawaiil overscasHawanpark overseasHawaiipark overseas - Hawaii I l " park on the islands of Hawaii Hawall and Maul in m the Hawal- Hawal Hawalpelago HawalI Hawai-11 Hawai 11 Hawai11pelago - I ! pelago and Mount McKinley McKmley National park m In Alaska1 Alaskao Alaska Alaska1ro ro o 0 parks present a study in contrasts Hawaii Hawall withinlcs within withinjjik t tlCS Its forests WIth lush lushfeet lushfeet basks . perpetual . lCS In sprmg spring * * " - jjik > UCIOA.O UCIOAO A1A A1AIA /I-A I A / - VWMA > j "t3 t3 i 1 > ir irJfeet Jfeet feet high are gay with birds of brilliant plumage Mc-Tnn Mc Tnn Mc- Mc Mcon - - on the other han hand enjo3s emo ) s a brief summer season of atand land and tne me meZ mes q ' jls | s in m Arctic Arcbc silence Heret Here Z ) - t some of the birds andplmals andiimals and plmals ) ' lmals iimals even don wh tetravel totravel te to } " travel like spectres 0\ 0 oser'y o\er o er 0er oser oer'y \ er er"ry "ry ry 'y y " ' 'y y ' landscapeNational landscape ! 6 National Nabonal park was estab estabact estabact estabfact act of congress on August _ 1 1916 andwas andwas and andwas was placcd placed placedParks placed1 placcdI I Parks und under e r adnth ad "th th "thministration " " . ministration ministration"n ministrationn nthministration , ministrationof n nth " o of ( National NationalSeries NationalSeries NationalSeries Series park servicew servicewhich service | _ w which h i c h alsowas alsowas also was created createdame createdame createdame ame month Main Mam features featuresrk featuresitk rk are two spectacular vol volIrequel1tly volfrequently volIrequently Irequel1tly frequently active acbve KIlauea KuIauea KIlaueauna KuIaueauna Kilaueauna una Loa on the island of ofnd ofnd ofind nd one of the world s larg largant largant larglant ant volcanoes Haleakala Haleakala&land Haleakalaand Haleakalasiand &land land & and of o1 Maul Maui The total totalm totalthe totalin m the t vo sect ons of the theout theout thebout out 275 square milesprobably milesprobably miles milesprobably probably older than its itstov.ermg itstovtermg itstottering tov.ermg tovermg tovtermg . Mauna Loa cre ereimpression ( ImpreSSIOn of being a aIiJ athe ai IiJ the side of theugher the \ugher ugher higher ugheralthough higheralthough \ higher1 although it is itself awith awith a [ with an alt aIt hide tude of 4 090 090illusion 090illusion 090illusion ugherI I illusion is the result of a apression apression pression resslOn at its top and of ofe ofe6 ofe e e6 ( slopes caused by lava lavaom lavaorn lavaom om orn many lateral vents vents1e ventsie 1e e depress on is a \ , ast pit pitmau , , mau or House of Fire Firelen Fireten Fireen len ten con contains tams a boiling bub bob bubss bobas bubiss ss as of o1 molten lava whose whoseuctuates whoseuctuates whosefluctuates uctuates from bottom toi to toll924 i 1 [ ll924 1924 molten lava was wasvisible wasvIsible wasvisible visible at any time hme In Inmao inmau inmmaa mao mau but activity smcebeen sincebeen since smce sincew w been spasmodic spas3nodie Itsare Itsare Its ' are accompanied accompamed byfountains byfountains by ; fountains and InflOWS InflOWSlava inflowslava inflowsI lava and its lowerlngs lowerings lowerlngsmen loweringsm lowenngsmendous men m e n d 0 o us avalanches avalanchesnd avalancheslend nd up enormous dustpest dust dustvest vest pest est of Kilauea rises nses thes thee the e of Mauna Loa whose whoserater whoserater whoserater rater Mokuaweo veo IS ISn isn isn n the national park In Ino Ino Inio o is a broad connect ng ngeen ngeen ngeen een the two volcanoes volcanoesa > a thrusts it great bulkt bulk bulkabov t abovA above abov the surround ngy ng 1 y ' erupt ons in m its summit summitby summitby summitI by flank outbreaks it is isadd isadd isadd add ng to its massMauna massMauna mass massin in Mauna Loa is eyen eyentaeular eyentacular lacular taeular than Kilauea and andts andis andits ts is continually send feath feathInto feathinto feathi into the a r Extend ng ngand ngand ngand and andsouthwest southwest from the there there theire re volcanic volcamc rifts nfts withp with p ? rents formed by earth eartherupt eartherupt eartherupt erupt on as sell v ell as manycolored manycolored many manycolored colored spa spatter tter cones coneseet coneseet coneseet eet in height Twice s 5 nee neeIy neety neeity Iy ty of H lo 10 to at the base of ofo ofo ofo o has been threatened by byrs byrs byrs rs of lava which have havethe havethe have'n haven ' the s des of the moune moun mounSALA o e 0 0 e 0SECTION eALA SALA ALA SECTION of Ha HaDal Hanal Hainal Dal nal park is on the Island islandThis island'Ws islandWs ' ThIs volcano derives Its Itsch itseb itsich ch eb means House of the thea then a legend about the Poly Polygod Polygod Poly"igod Polyigod ' " god Maul who wbo climbedf climbedof climb climbed cd cdof of Haleakala ensnared ensnaredthe ensnaredthe ensnared1 ! the sun and forced it to tore tore tore re slowly in m its course so soother soother so"other soother ' " other might have suffi sufii suffito sufiito suffit to complete her ber day s seakala seakala sleakala eakala now rising nsmg more morefeet morefeet moreI ) feet above sea level was wasu wasugh wasluth u ugh h higher mountain mountam A Athe Athe Ait the dome many years yearsed yearsned yearscd cd ed a great crater 71f.z 71fz 73 71f.zand 73and 7K % . and 3 miles wide mde with witht 1 1000 000 feet high t ' Within nlthm { { ithm these E0160"31 E016031 gorgeously ' ? 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' col eel colored eelored c0 c0ored ored walls lies a superb vol volcaDle volcame volcame caDle came spectacle Covering Covermg thl tht thlfloor thtfloor tinfloor floor are arc fpant g1ant giant red black and andorange andorange andorange orange cinder cmder cones which al although although although though hundreds of o ( feet high Iugb are aredwarfed aredwarfed artdwarfed dwarfed by the Immensity Immcnslty of oftheir oftheir oftheir their surroundings surroundmgs The crater craterhas craterhas craterhas has a clrcun circumference ercnce of 21 miles milesand milesand milesand and an area arca of ot o1 19 square miles milesBoth milesBoth milesBoth Both sections section of the park are arereached arereached arereached reached from Honolulu by islandboat lsland island lslandboat islandboat boat or a rplane From Hilo portof port of ofHawau ofHawaii ofHawaii Hawau Hawaii island one may rent an au automob automob automob tomob Ie le for the trip to Kilauea h.1lauea h1lauea . or ortake ortake ortake take a regular bus 000 . . MOUIsT MOmT MOUNT McKINLEY National Nationalpark Nationalpark Nationalpark park s tuatcd tuated in south central Alas Alaska Alaska Alaska ka was created by act of o1 congress congressin congressm m in 1917 It contains contams an area of a alIttle alittle ahttle lIttle more than 3 000 square miles milesPrmclpal milesPrincipal milesPrincipal Prmclpal Principal scenic scernc feature of o1 the park parklS parkis parkis lS is mighty Mount McKinley McKmley h ghest ghestI ghestpeak ghestpeak ghestpeak peak on the North American Amencan con contment contnent contment tment tnent This T\us T us \ majestic mountainrears mount mountain mountainrears am amrears I rears its snow covered head high highmto highinto highinto mto into the clouds reach ng an altitude altitudeof altitudeo1 altitudeof of o1 20 300 feet above sea level and andrises andrises andrises rises 17 000 above the timber tunber lIne lIneOn lineOn lineOn On its north and vest v est s des McKm McKin McKmI McKinley McKmley I ley springs sprmgs abruptly from a plateal1 plateau plateal1omy plateauonly plateauonly omy only 2 500 to 3 000 feet highFor highFor high highFor For two thirds thmls of the way waydown waydown waydown down from its summit lIount Mount lIountlIcKlmey MountMcKinley ! MountMcKinley lIcKlmey McKinley ! is enveloped in ID sno snout snoutthroughout snowthroughout " throughout the year } ) ear DenalIoome Denalihome Denali Denalihome home oome of the sun was the name namegIVen namegiven namegiven gIVen to this impressive IIDpresslve moun mountam mountam mountain tam by the early IndIans IndIansNear IndiansNear IndiansNear Near Mount McKinley McKmley are Mount MountForaker MountForaker MountForaker Foraker w th an elevat on of 17000 17000feet 17 000 000feet 000feet feet Mount Hunter 14 960 feet and andMount andMount andMount Mount Russell 11500 11 500 feet Great Greatglaclers Greatglaciers Greatglaciers glaclers glaciers fed by the high snow fields fieldsof fieldsof fieldsof of this mountain mountam range flow many manymdes manymiles manymiles mdes miles both to the north and to the thesouth thesouth thesouth thesouthDuring south southDurmg southDuring During Durmg the park season whichex which ex extends extends extends tends from June 10 to September 10 10with 10with 10with with more than 18 hours of daylIght daylIghteach daylighteach daylighteach each day there is a wealth of flow flowermg flowering flowenng ermg ering plants The park is also the thehome thehome thehome home of many interesting mterestmg ammals animals ammalsand animalsand animalsand and birdsProspectn birdsProspectis birds birdsProspective Prospective Prospectn Prospectis e a visitors to Mount MountMcKmley MountMcKinley MountMcKinley McKmley McKinley National park probably probablywill probablywill probablywill will make the trip tnp to Alaska by bysteamer bysteamer bysteamer steamer from Seattle To use the thewar thewar thewar war constructed Alaska h hgh\ayi hgh ayi gh t \ ay aythrough aythrough through Canada requires a speCialperm specialperm special ; perm t from the Canad an govern government government government ment and permits are not yet yetI yetgranted yetgranted yetgranted granted to motor tourists tounsts Busmess Business Busmessmen Businessmen Businessmen I men settlers and bus passengers passengersmay passengersmay passengersmay may apply for perm permits lis to L E EDrummond EDrummond EDrummond Drummond Traffic Control D VI VIslon vision vision slon sion Ala Alaska ka Highway Edmonton EdmontonAlberla EdmontonAlberta EdmontonAlberta Alberla Alberta |