Mayi Nature anali ndi chinthu chapadera m'malingaliro pamene adalenga Valdez. Ku Prince William Sound m'madera ovuta kwambiri a Southcentral Alaska, Valdez ndi nyumba yokhala ndi mapiri okongola, zinyama zambiri zakutchire, ndi malo ozungulira nyanja.
Nthawi ina kufika kwa azimayi ndi a trapper atadutsa Thompson Pass kupita ku Alaska ku America, Valdez anakula mofulumira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, chifukwa cha doko lopanda mafunde lomwe linali ndi ngalawa ndi ngalawa zopereka katundu ku ulendo wautali kumpoto.
Kwa ambiri, mbiri yakale ya Valdez si yokhudza kupambana, koma tsoka, pamene tawuniyi ndi malo a zochitika ziwiri zoopsa, zachilengedwe chimodzi, zopangidwa ndi munthu mmodzi, koma zonsezi zimakhudza kwambiri tsogolo lawo. Yoyamba inakhala ngati tsunami yaikulu chifukwa cha chivomezi chachikulu cha 9.2 chimene chinawononga mzinda wonse m'chaka cha 1964. Chochitika chachiƔiri chinali maziko a sitima ya mafuta ya Exxon Valdez ku Bligh Reef yovuta mu 1989, kutumiza 11 milioni Magaloni a mafuta akutayira pamphepete mwa nyanja.
Monga potus ya Bomba la Trans-Alaska , mtunda wa makilomita 800 kuchokera ku Prudhoe Bay, Valdez imathandiza kwambiri mu mafakitale a mafuta, ndipo motero mzindawu umakhala chaka chonse. Alendo ndi gawo lofunikira la malo a Valdez, komanso ambiri akufika pakati pa May ndi September. Koma mzindawu wakhudza kwambiri ntchito yolimbikitsa zokopa alendo ku Valdez; Kuchuluka kwa masewera olimbitsa thupi kumsewu ndi kumidzi komwe kuli Nordic kumakhala kochulukira, ndipo malo okhalamo amakhala akupezeka kwa mlendo amene akubwera.
Amafuna kudziwa za Valdez? Pano pali zifukwa zisanu zokhalira ndi kusewera pafupi ndi Prince William Sound ndi tawuni komwe amayi Nature amakondera kwambiri.
01 ya 05
Malo, Malo, Malo
Port Valdez ndi imodzi mwa magawo ochepa chabe a malo okongola omwe akafika kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Valdez lero ndi gulu labwino la nyumba ndi malonda omwe ali ndi mwayi wokwanira kuti athe kupeza mwayi wodzisangalatsa umene anthu omwe ali nawo mwayi wokhala nawo pano. Kukwera njinga, kuyenda, nsomba, ndi kayaking zonse zimapezeka mkati mwa tauni. Anthu omwe akufuna kukhala ndi zochitika zakale zomwe angabwerere kumbuyo angagwire ntchito zothandizira kuti aziwathamangitsira kumapiri akutali kapena kumayenda kwa masiku kapena masabata m'chipululu cha Alaska.
02 ya 05
Zinyama zakutchire
Ndiyandikana kwambiri ndi mitsinje ya saumoni, madzi a mchere, ndi mapiri okhala ndi zomera ndi nyama, malo a Valdez ndi malo abwino kwambiri a mitundu yambiri ya zinyama ndi mbalame. Chimbalangondo ndi Prince William Sound ali ndi mawindo, nyenyeswa, mikango yamphongo, ndi mphungu za mphala; ndipo nyama zakutchire monga zimbalangondo, mbuzi, ndi ntchentche zimayendayenda m'mapiri a pafupi ndi tawuni. Malo abwino kwambiri kuti akazitape zimbalangondo ndi ophika nsomba kumaloko madzulo, kapena pa Duck Flats kunja kwa tawuni.
03 a 05
Oyatsa
Pokhala ndi nkhani zambiri zokhudzana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, mazira a glaciers akukonza chidwi kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa, ndipo alendo ambiri amafuna kuika maso awo pa mitsinje ikuyenda m'nyengo yawo ku Alaska. Valdez ndikulumphira bwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kuunika kwa glacier , ndipo Columbia Glacier ndi malo otchuka kwambiri. Lolani maola asanu ndi limodzi (6) paulendo wa glacier, ndipo mpaka 9 ngati mungakonde kupita patsogolo mu kayendedwe ka glacial, ndikuwonetsanso zoopsa za chivomerezi cha 1964 chomwe chinawononga kwambiri nyanja za Alaska za m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
04 ya 05
Mbiri
Pali zambiri zomwe mungaphunzire kuchokera kumudzi monga Valdez, ndipo alendo sayenera kugwiritsira ntchito phindu la nthawi yomwe amachitira mumasamuki mumzinda ndi malo omwe ali ngati Old Town. Pamene chivomerezi cha 1964 chinafika, malo ambiri oyambirira a tauniyo anawonongedwa ndi tsunami. Nyumba zosungiramo zinyumba za Valdez ndi malo abwino kwambiri ophunzire zambiri za mudziwu. Lolani osachepera ora kuti muyenderere malo akale a Old Town Valdez, kenaka muthamangire mpaka kumapazi a Valdez Glacier kuti muyang'ane mtsinje uwu wodutsa.
05 ya 05
Zosangalatsa Zamkatimu
Kodi muli ndi chikhumbo chokwera phiri la mapiri? Nsomba za salimoni? Mwinamwake sabata imodzi ulendo wopita kumsasa pamphepete mwa nyanja mumakhala wokongola. Valdez ali nazo zonsezi ndi zina zambiri, ndipo alendo amangokhala ndi malingaliro awo. Ulendo wotchuka kwambiri wa Valdez umaphatikizapo mfundo zonse za Prince William Sound; Yendetsani ulendo wa kayak kapena masana oyendetsa bwato kuti mukaone glaciers ndi nyama zakutchire; kukwera misewu ya m'deralo kapena kukwera zipatso ku Thompson Pass; Lembani munthu wotsogolera yemwe amadziwa malo obisika a halibut kapena salimoni. Chimene mumasankha, Valdez ndi paradaiso wosangalatsa.