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The "Switzerland of Alaska" is called Valdez (4100 Ew.) Happy, and the comparison is not so far-fetched. Although the town lies on the sea and is the gateway to Prince William Sound, but the surrounding mountains and glaciers do not alpine dreams unfulfilled. Valdez was founded at the end of the 19th Jhs. as a port from which the gold miners into the interior war. From the old Valdez, however, is nothing left - a tidal wave of the earthquake of 1964 destroyed it completely. This life is prima...

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