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Alaska is much warmer. Only a few sheltered coastal bays on Greenland can sustain any trees at all. Meanwhile, Sitka and Ketchikan often enjoy snowless winters.
by scythe 7y ago
Alaska is much warmer. Only a few sheltered coastal bays on Greenland can sustain any trees at all. Meanwhile, Sitka and Ketchikan often enjoy snowless winters. This is due, I believe, to the Aleutian ridge blocking the transport of cold water from the Arctic (contrast with the Labrador current).
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoDon't you think using two points along the narrow strip of land at the southwestern tip of Alaska as indicative of the overall Alaskan climate is just a wee bit dishonest?
- pxeboot 7y agoThey are apparently the 4th and 5th largest cities in the state, so not a terrible example [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Alaska https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Alaska
- BurningFrog 7y agoThey're also unreachable by road from the Alaska "mainland". Anyway, however you think about the state, those cities are clearly not part of the Arctic.
- fulafel 7y agoIndeed. Also consider that vikings managed to colonise Iceland but not Greenland.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoBut they did colonise Greenland. They were there for 500 years.