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...degrees west longitude as the eastward limit for Japanese fishermen, confident that no Alaska salmon ventured that far west. But Japa nese fishermen found plenty of sockeye outside the boundary, and marine biologists soon learned the truth: in its life cycle, the sockeye swims out around the Aleutian islands for more than 3,000 miles in an elliptical course that brings it right into Japanese nets. The Japanese have been catching so many that alarmed U.S. conservationists have cut back on sockeye fishing off the U.S. coasts to leave enough fish to spawn...
That first voyage contributed nothing to either side of the argument. But by avoiding the treacherous northern route, which would have taken them to that point where Asia and America nearly touch, the voyagers found the more southerly Aleutian Islands chain. And Siberia's promyshlenniki (freelance explorers) drooled at the thought of the cargo brought back by the crew: fox, seal and otter pelts. Soon these 18th century venture capitalists, some in flimsy river boats that were bound with leather thongs, were spanning the 1,500 sea miles to the Aleutian fingertip and beyond...
Adams developed his toughness the hard way. In World War II, he helped direct the Ranger tactics of the First Special Service Force in the Aleutian Islands and Italy, also served in hot spots from Anzio and Ardennes-Alsace to the Rhineland and central Germany. In the Korean war, he ended up as Eighth Army Commander Maxwell Taylor's chief of staff. He directed U.S. Army and Marine forces in the landings in Lebanon in 1958. Last fall he was the key commander in the huge "Operation Big Lift" that sent 15,377 men and 445 tons of combat...
...currents are at right angles to each other, and their force makes the crust yield sideways, forming the great Fairweather Fault running up the Alaskan coast. The fault is a prolific spawning ground for earthquakes, and at its northern end is another source of seismic trouble: the great Aleutian Arc, which was formed by Siberia pressing southeastward into the Pacific and is dotted with active volcanoes. The Fairweather Fault and the Aleutian Arc intersect near Anchorage -which, as Good Friday proved, makes the site a shaky place for building a city...
...Houghton staff had just prepared an "Exhibit of Catalogues of Imaginary Books." In one case Gridley observed the "greatest of literary hoaxes," a brochure for the sale of the library of the Comte de Fortsas, 1840. Across the room was a "bibliography of the works of Sylvester Marmaduke (celebrated Aleutian Islands poet) (Vancouver, 1943?)." Next to this, Gridley noticed, was a mimeographed supplement to the British Museum's Bulletin of Printed Books. It mentioned the acquisition of the unique volume published in 1455, Asellus Hinnibundus (Whinnying Ass). Asellus begins with the words: "In hoc libro non continentur quae expectares, candide...