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Photos: A wild, windy day

...wind and squamish wind, the blasts are known in the coastal fjords of the Alaskan Panhandle, Aleutian Islands, and the Strait of Magellan. Many swirling mists of water were observed throughout the day along the Juneau waterfront areas.

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In the Stacks: New non-fiction at the library

...Over the Edge of the World," by Laurence Bergreen: When Magellan's ships set sail in 1519, the Europeans knew virtually nothing...people with strange customs. In his brutal three year journey, Magellan weathered mutiny and battles, initiated first contact with...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031404/boo_stacks.shtml
Books
Crow Pass Crossing

...KOCZAJA 3:53:46.823 JADEE MONCUR 3:54:16.024 Lee Bolling 3:56:08.725 JOHN WEDDLETON 3:56:53.626 JOE MAGELLAN 3:57:51.327 GARY HOLTON 3:57:54.728 JIM MCDONOUGH 3:58:08.329 SAM TILLY 3:59:31.930 JASON FELLMAN 3...

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Sports
Magallanes' skills stand out, any way you say it

...record, a good approximation of the correct pronunciation is "MAHG-ee-on-ess." Magallanes is the Spanish form of "Magellan," as in the explorer who wandered the world's oceans in the early 16th century. During last weekend's home series...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052804/spo_magallanes.shtml
Sports
Computing the worth of $6 million

...minutes, the substitute teacher lets the kids play games or use other software ranging from an animated story about the explorer Magellan to "Wagon Train," which requires the child to read instructions and organize a covered wagon trip. "We've got some kids...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012801/Loc_classcomputers.html
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Review: Filling in the gaps on 'the backside of America': atlas features old maps and stories

...there involved long and dangerous voyages around the southern tip of South America, round Cape Horn or through the Straits of Magellan. For Russians, it involved an overland journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia - and then a stint of ship building...

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Books
This Day in History

...Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over. In the world In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. In 1943, President Roosevelt...

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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...minutes, the substitute teacher lets the kids play games or use other software ranging from an animated story about the explorer Magellan to "Wagon Train," which requires the child to read instructions and organize a covered wagon trip. "We've got some kids...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012801/Loc_classcomputers.shtml
New theory links Sir Francis Drake with Alaska

...Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, doing so in 1577-80. During this circumnavigation, he passed through the Strait of Magellan in his 100-foot flag ship the Golden Hinde and pillaged the coasts of South and North America. When his ships returned home...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062401/Loc_drake.html
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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, doing so in 1577-80. During this circumnavigation, he passed through the Strait of Magellan in his 100-foot flag ship the Golden Hinde and pillaged the coasts of South and North America. When his ships returned home...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062401/Loc_drake.shtml

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