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Show 1ST PEOPLE dEB I f , I I EVENTS ! IN ALASKA'S INTERIOR. Only Two Seasons There Pestiferous Injects Numerous. In the vast and almost unknown interior in-terior of Alaska, far beyond the influence influ-ence of the "Kuro Siwo," the climate is arctic in the fullest sense of the word. There are only two seasons hers winter and summer. The winter is of eight months' duration, dry and, excepting ex-cepting certain restricted localities, entirely en-tirely free from wind. The temperature tempera-ture descends as low as 80 degrees below be-low zero (upon rare occasions even 90 degrees has been reached), with a mean of perhaps 40 degrees below. Ice forms in the rivers and lakes to a thickness of eight feet and more. Summer extends over a period of four months. During its earliest month high winds prevail, greatly assisting in the dissipation of snow and ice, but rendering this time extremely dis- ' agreeable. The balance of this short season is mild and the temperature pleasant, rarely exceeding 86 degrees. The snow and rain annually precipitated precipi-tated is about 12.9 inches. The hapless resident in this inhospitable inhos-pitable section is afforded no relief after his long winter's fight for the unity of soul and body by the advent of this otherwise agreeable period, for, with the first tempered breeze, comes countless legions of mosquitoes, black flies and various stinging insects besides, be-sides, while agonizing assiduity and ghoulish appetite preclude the enjoyment enjoy-ment of the briefest moment. Whence comes the abnormal instinct, says a writer in the Era Magazine, that marks man at first sight for their prey considering con-sidering the fact that their ancestry, back to protoplasm, had no knowledge of his being is an interesting problen best left for entomologists to determine. |