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List of explorers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2321 words) |
 | Jules Dumont d'Urville, (1790-1842), explorer of the Pacific and Antarctica |
| Alfons Gabriel, (1892-1976) Austrian explorer of the Iranian deserts. |
| Helge Ingstad, (1899-2001) Norwegian-Danish explorer, Governor of Greenland |
| Friends of the Sea Otter - Current - Sea Otter Plan for Oregon (759 words) |
| Sea otters--Enhydra lutris for Latin-speakers or taxonomists--elakha for those of you still speaking Chinook jargon--once ranged in number along the coasts of the North Pacific, from Russia and northern Japan, throughout the Aleutians, down the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia, to as far south as Baja. |
| But things changed drastically in 1741 when traders and explorers realized that sea otter pelts were fungible assets because of the unusually dense fur that enables these warm-blooded creatures to survive in cold seawater without the large blubber reserves of whales or sea lions. |
| The sea otters of Washington currently range along the rocky and remote Olympic coast and in the western portions of the Straight of Juan de Fuca, though daring migrants have made their way as far as the San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, and even to the central Oregon Coast. |
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