Amai Nature vaiva nechimwe chinhu chakakosha mupfungwa paakasika Valdez. Iri mu Prince William Sound mune imwe yenzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzeAlaska Southcentral, Valdez inogara kumakomo makomo, mhuka dzakawanda dzesango, uye nzvimbo yakasiyana yegungwa munzvimbo yacho.
Pane imwe nguva kusvika kune vashandi nevatengesi vakayambuka Thompson Pass vachienda kuAlaska Interior region, Valdez yakakura nekukurumidza kumavambo kwema1900, nekuda kwechikepe chisina chando chakanga chiri nezvikepe zvehove uye zvikepe zvinotakura mutoro kune rwendo rurefu rwokumusoro.
Kune vakawanda, nhoroondo yeValdez haisi yekukunda, asi njodzi, sezvo guta racho raive nzvimbo yezviitiko zviviri zvinotyisa, chimwe chezvisikwa, chimwe chete-chakagadzirwa nevanhu, asi zvose zviri zviviri zvinobatsira zvikuru mune ramangwana ravo. Yokutanga yakauya nenzira yehukuru tsunami semugumisiro wekudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura 9.2 kwakabvisa pedo neguta rose muna 1964. Chiitiko chechipiri chaive chigadziro cheExx Valdez mafuta ezvigadziriswa neBligh Reef yakashata muna 1989, kutumira mamiriyoni 11 gononi yemafuta ichizadza pamusoro pezvakanaka gungwa.
Sekuguma kweTrans-Alaska Pipeline , guta remakiromita 800 kubva kuPrudhoe Bay, Valdez inotora basa rinokosha mumabhizimisi emafuta, uye saizvozvo, guta rinofamba gore rose. Vashanyi ndivo chikamu chinokosha munharaunda yeValdez zvakare, uye vazhinji vanosvika pakati paMay naSeptember. Asi guta racho rakawedzera simba rekusimudzira kutarisa kwechando muValdez zvakare; backcountry skiing uye nharaunda dzenyika dzeNordic dzakawanda, uye huwandu hwekugara huri kuwanikidzwa kune muenzi anouya.
Anoda kuziva nezveValdez? Heano zvikonzero zvishanu zvekugara uye kutamba pedyo neWilliam Sound Sound uye guta iro Amai Nature vanonyatsoshamwaridzana.
01 ye 05
Nzvimbo, Nzvimbo, Nzvimbo
Valdez, Alaska iri mu Prince William Sound. Erin Kirkland Port Valdez yaiva imwe yezvikamu zvishomanana zvevhu rakazara apo varidzi vakatanga kusvika kumavambo kwema1900. Valdez yemazuva ano grid rakanaka remisha uye mabhizinesi ane mukana wakawanda wokuenzanisa mikana yakawanda yekuvaraidza inopiwa nevaya vane mukana wekugara pano. Biking, kufamba, hove, uye kayaking zvose zvinowanika mukati memakiromita mashoma eguta. Vaya vanoda kutarisana nehutano hwekudzokera shure vanogona kukandira mazano ekuvadzivirira kumhenderekedzo yakadzika kana kufamba kwemashure kwemazuva kana vhiki murenje reAlaska.
02 of 05
Wildlife
Brown bears vanowanzoshanyira Valdez Salmon Hatchery mukutsvaga kudya nokukurumidza. Erin Kirkland Nechiswedera pedyo nemisasa yeasimoni, mvura yemunyu inonzwika, uye makomo ane ruvara nemiriwo uye mhuka, nzvimbo yeValdez inzvimbo yakakwirira yemhando dzakawanda dzeshiri uye shiri. Iyo Harwendo naHamanda William Sound vari kumusha kune matter, marwenga, shumba dzegungwa, nemakondo e-bald; uye mhuka dzakasvibiswa sehwamanda nhema, mbudzi, uye mhashu dzinotsika mumakomo makomo pedyo neguta. Nzvimbo yakakura yekuchera mapeya ndeyekucheka kwehove munharaunda maawa manheru, kana kuti pamwe neDuck Flats kunze kweguta.
03 of 05
Glaciers
Glacier cruises kubva kuValdez inoratidza kunaka kweAlaska kuChris Willliam Sound. Erin Kirkland Nekutaura kukuru pamusoro pekushanduka kwemamiriro okunze, glaciers iri kugadzirisa zvakanyanya mumakore achangopfuura, uye vashanyi vazhinji vanoshuva kutarisa maziso avo pamusoro penzizi dzinoyerera dzechando munguva yavo muAlaska. Valdez inoyevedza kubva kune imwe nzvimbo yegungwa rekuona , pamwe neColumbia Glacier nzvimbo yakakurumbira. Bvumira maawa masere kuti uende mugungwa, uye kusvika 9 kana iwe uchida kuenderera mberi kune crux ye glacial movement, uyewo ona epicenter yekudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1964 kwakaparadza vazhinji veAlaska's Southcentral coastlines.
04 of 05
Nhoroondo
Old Town Valdez ndiro nzvimbo ye giant tsunami yakaparadza nzvimbo yeguta rapfuura mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1964. Erin Kirkland Pane zvakawanda zvingaidzidzwa kubva kune imwe nzvimbo yakadai seValdez, uye vashanyi havafaniri kutora kukosha kwenguva inoshandiswa mumugodhi museum uye pane nzvimbo dzakadai sekare Old Town. Apo kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1964 kwakaitika, nzvimbo yakawanda yeguta racho rekutanga yakaparadzwa ne tsunami. Imyuziyamu yeValdez ndiyo nzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzekudzidza zvakawanda nezvemunharaunda iyi. Rega nguva inenge yeawa yokudzungira nzvimbo yekare yekare yeCall Town Valdez, ugoendesa kune rumwe rutivi rweValdez Glacier kuti utarise kubuda kwehova yechando.
05 of 05
Outdoor Recreation
Enda kushanyira Chugach National Forest information centre kuti uone maonero eValdez adventures. Erin Kirkland Une chido chokukwira gomo regomo? Hove dzesaumoni? Zvichida kwevhiki kwekufamba kwekambi pane rimwe dombo gungwa rinonakidza. Valdez ane zvose izvo uye zvizhinji, uye vashanyi vanongogumira chete nemafungiro avo. Valdez anobudirira zvikuru anoshanya achishamwaridzana nezvose zvakakwirira zve Prince Prince Sound; tora rwendo ne kayak kana kuti zuva cruise chikepe kuti uone glaciers nemhuka dzesango; kukwira munzvimbo dzomunharaunda dzenharaunda yacho kana kutora ma berries kumusoro Thompson Pass; hira mutungamiri anoziva nzvimbo dzekuviga zve halibut kana salmon. Zvose zvamunosarudza, Valdez inoratidzira rereationalist's paradise.