Millard County Chronicle | 1926-01-28 | Page 4 | Alaskan Summer Heat Hard to Endure

ind Alaskan Summer i iH H Heat cat Hard to Endure During the summer heat of the temperate tem tern temperate I rate l zone the Arctic regions look I like lIle a haven of ot rest and comfort from I this distance and It Is hard to vIsualIze visualIze visualize visual vIsual- ize the conditions which explorers describe de de- scribe Summer Is very short In the Far For North but It Is fiercer fierer In n proportion to Its limited time Under a sun shin shIn- fug ing from twenty to twenty four Hours a n day everything that grows and I breeds comes to life liCe with a rush Theland The fhe t land hind bursts In a vcr very riot of oC flowers I and find the earth that In a n few weeks now nill be Ice and snow-bound snow Is s carpeted carpet carpet- I ed cd with delicate color Seventy degrees degrees de de- I grees Is s cool for tor parts of oC the sub sub- arctic country j There are Inland valleys In Alaska I where the merc mercury ry rises to degrees degrees degrees de de- de- de grees In summer and men and animals wilt under the heat There are places In the Fur Far North of ot Canada In summer where the mosquitoes are so bad that neither man nor beast can face tace them them but must flee for tor their lives I