Alaska Geography Terms

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Across
  1. 2. A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground
  2. 4. Ring of ________. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean, of which the Aleutian Islands are a part.
  3. 7. A reddish / pink glow appearing at sunrise or sunset in mountains.
  4. 10. A route through Southeast Alaska and the islands of Western Canada.
  5. 11. The 66.5 degree North latitude line.
Down
  1. 1. A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
  2. 3. The Russian word for the Boreal Forest and its surrounding tundra, swamp lands, and hills.
  3. 5. A dome-shaped mound consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice, occurring in permafrost areas.
  4. 6. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
  5. 8. Soil and vegetation above a layer of permafrost that is swampy or boggy in summer when the ice underneath melts.
  6. 9. An Athabascan suffix common in Alaska place names, meaning "river."