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so many emails in response to Part I of the dumbest questions about Alaska that I had to make Part II. Many of these were submitted by readers, and these questions were asked by adults, supposedly with normally functioning brains. 1. What’s the elevation here? Appropriate if you’re standing on top of Mt. McKinley, but unfortunately this is ...read morehttp://mattralston.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/igloo_Cantwell_Alaska_2-300x225.jpg