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	Prince William Sound Domain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound is known by many as the site of the Exxon Valdez oil spill incident.
		At this scale it is also apparent that, for this case at least, Hinchinbrook and Montague Islands on the SW boundary of Prince William Sound act to shelter the Sound from the full brunt of the winds.
		The gradient in wind speed from the center of the Sound to its periphery is pronounced, with a jet core now quite apparent in the west central part of the Sound.
	aeff.uaa.alaska.edu /AEFF/rams/PWS.html (1122 words)

	Ecotrust Publications - Concepts in Action: The Prince William Sound Science Center
		The Prince William Sound Science Center was organized in 1989 through the efforts of fishers and scientists living in Cordova, a fishing community of about 3000 residents located on the eastern side of the sound.
		Prince William Sound was the area hit hardest by the oil spill.
		Frustrated by the lack of studies designed to answer why the sound's ecosystem was no longer producing its former abundance of herring and pink salmon, and in turn the species dependent on them, fishers literally put their boats and lives on the line.
	www.ecotrust.org /publications/pws_science_center.html (671 words)

	Prince William Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound is sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of Alaska in the United States.
		The port of Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Alaska Pipeline, is the major port, located at the northern end of the sound.
		In 1964, a tsunami killed here a number of Chugach villagers living in Chenega on the sound.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prince_william_sound.html (113 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Kayaking the Prince William Sound, Alaska
		Dotted by small islands, the sound is bordered by mountains, glaciers, fjords, rivers, lakes and rain forests.
		Sea kayaking in Prince William Sound, and in all coastal areas of Alaska isn't like ocean touring - this is a trek that requires careful attention to the tidal fluctuations and paddlers schedule days around the changing tides, travelling with the tidal current or during slack tide for easy paddling.
		Prince William Sound is an ideal place to see wildlife and paddling its waters offers a great chance to really get close up.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/north_america/alaska/kayaking_prince_william.php (995 words)

	Prince William Sound Cruises Alaska
		Prince William Sound tours have grown increasingly popular in recent years, as people have come to appreciate the many diverse activities available to visitors.
		Prince William Sound is notoriously well known for the tragic and devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill which occurred here.
		The 1,500-mile shoreline of Prince William Sound is guarded on the North, East and west by the majestic mountains of Chugach National Forest.
	www.sikumi.com /pws.html (1974 words)

	Prince William Sound Eco-Charters, LLC - Whittier, Alaska
		Prince William Sound Eco-Charters was established in 2000 by a seasoned captain, familiar with the Sound and the winds and seas that affect it.
		His on-the-water credentials include his "6-pack" license, active membership in the Whittier chapter of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, participation in several elements of the community of Whittier...including the Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Whittier City Council.
		If you are planning a visit to Prince William Sound, and need a vessel to meet your on-the-water needs, we would very much appreciate the opportunity to serve.
	www.pwseco.com (251 words)

	AllRefer.com - Prince William Sound, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula.
		Access to the interior of the sound is by highway and railroad.
		Valdez and Cordova are the largest towns on the sound.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PrincWiSnd.html (253 words)

	Prince William Sound Natural History - Glaciers, Geology, Biology, wild flowers, birds, mammals, native peoples of ...
		Prince William Sound with its 3,000 miles of shoreline is surrounded by the Chugach Mountains to the east, west and north.
		Columbia Glacier, the Sound's largest tidal glacier, entered the drastic retreat phase of its cycle in 1984 discharging huge quantities of icebergs that totally clogged the area behind its former moraine and often filled the outer bay with ice.
		Prince William Sound Cruises and Tours which operates the tourboats between Whittier, Growler Island Wilderness Camp, and Valdez is owned by the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation.
	www.alaska.net /~awss/pws.html (6549 words)

	The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: How Much Oil Remains? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Because a significant survey of Prince William Sound had not been conducted since 1993 and the cumulative extent of the remaining oil was unknown, concerns were generated by the public and scientific communities about the oil’s possible continuing effects on humans and fauna potentially exposed to the oil directly or indirectly.
		Consequently, the Auke Bay Laboratory (ABL) with funding from the EVOS Trustee Council, took on the task of assessing the remaining oil along the shorelines of Prince William Sound during the summer of 2001.
		The primary objective of the project was to measure the amount of oil remaining in the intertidal zone of Prince William Sound.
	www.afsc.noaa.gov /Quarterly/jas2001/feature_jas01.htm (1737 words)

	Prince William Sound Glaciers
		Ten of the Sound's 17 tidewater glaciers are concentrated in College and Harriman Fjords.
		Glacier watching has become so popular in Prince William Sound that there are currently only a handful of glaciers that do not have daily visits by 100's of tourists aboard tour boats.
		Harvard Glacier, at the head of College Fjord's Harvard Arm, is one of a few of Prince William Sound's glaciers that are advancing.
	www.alaska.net /~sea/glacier.html (322 words)

	Prince William Sound Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Three main groups of marine mammals are found in Prince William Sound: Whales and porpoises; seals and sea lions; and the sea otter.
		The most common cetaceans found in Prince William Sound are killer whales, or Orcas, humpback whales, and Dall's and harbor porpoises.
		The Sound's harbor seals are quite mobile, and move freely back and forth between glacier ice and their island haulouts.
	www.soundecoadventure.com /marmam.html (835 words)

	Prince William Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound is a jewel in the crown of Alaska's beauty.
		Protected by Montague and Hinchinbrook Islands from the Pacific Ocean, the Sound is remarkably calm.
		With multitudes of glaciers, snow capped mountains, incredible wildlife, fantastic fishing and so many wonderful places to explore, the sound is an explicit cruising paradise.
	alaskaviking.com /pws.htm (96 words)

	Prince William Sound on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Feeding habits, prey fields, and potential competition of young-of-the-year walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1994-1995.(Statistical Data...
		William Francis Thompson (1888-1965) and his pioneering studies of the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis.
		Across the Lowe River which feeds into the Prince William Sound, is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline with its oil storage ta (LON28371)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/PrincW1iS1nd.asp (785 words)

	Prince William Sound -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The discovery of this body of water, reached from the east by Sir William Edward Parry (1819–20) and from the west (1850–54) by Sir Robert McClure, proved the existence of the Northwest Passage and provided passage...
		The coast is deeply indented by fjords and other inlets, including Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound (on either side of the Kenai Peninsula).
		The sound source may be a violin, an automobile horn, or a barking dog.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9061410?tocId=9061410 (937 words)

	Prince William Sound Science Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The mission of the Prince William Sound Science Center, an independent research and education institution, is threefold:
		To contribute to the comprehensive description, sustained monitoring and ecological understanding of Prince William Sound, the Copper River, and Gulf of Alaska.
		The Prince William Sound Science Center is an independent, nonprofit research organization located in Cordova in southeastern Prince William Sound, Alaska.The Science Center was established in 1989 to conduct and facilitate scientific studies on the ecology of the region.
	www.pwssc.gen.ak.us /pwssc/pwssc.html (141 words)

	Alaska Wildlife Adventures: Alaska Vacation Packag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound Cruises & Tours is part of Alaska Heritage Tours, an Alaska Native owned and operated company providing exciting wildlife and glacier cruises in the calm, sheltered waters of Prince William Sound.
		Prince William Sound is a destination unto itself and boasts the largest concentration of glaciers in Alaska.
		Wildlife and glacier tours with Prince William Sound Cruises & Tours are conveniently based out of Whittier, Alaska, an old military port that provided one of the few ice-free ports in south central Alaska.
	www.princewilliamsound.com (513 words)

	Explore the Alaskan Fjords and Glaciers with Prince William Sound Adventures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound Adventures offers Alaskan charter cruises to explore the fjords and glaciers in the Alaskan Coastal Wilderness on the waters of Prince William Sound.
		Cruising Prince William Sound affords opportunities for sightseeing and viewing and photographing the abundant wildlife including Orca whales, Humpback whales and whale pods, seals, sealions, otters, bald eagles, fl bears, wolf packs and many types of Alaskan seabirds and marine birds.
		Halibut fishing and salmon fishing are popular on Prince William Sound amid the glaciers and, occasionally, icebergs.
	www.pwsa.com (314 words)

	Prince William Sound - Maciej Swulinski
		Prince William Sound is a beautiful inlet of the Gulf of Alaska.
		In the 1964 the earthquake (8.7 on the Richter scale) hit the area of Prince William Sound.
		This is because the ice is so compressed that all the other colors of the light spectrum are absorbed.
	www.swulinski.com /travels/AK-PWSound.html (108 words)

	The beauty of Alaska's Prince William Sound is in a class by itself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After reporting on Prince William Sound since the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, I decided this past summer was the time to poke around and pick up rhythms of the place.
		Ten-thousand-foot peaks are reflected in the ice-dappled waters of College Fjord, one of approximately 40 fjords on Prince William Sound.
		Or you could experience Prince William Sound aboard one of the many cruise ships that visit the area during the summer, although they will spend maybe two or three hours in an area where the Discovery will spend all day.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/94458_princewilliam07.shtml (1639 words)

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		The annual rainfall in the Sound is measured in feet.
		A useful guidebook is Cruising Guide to Prince William Sound, Volumes I and II by Jim and Nancy Lethcoe.
		A recent book, History of Prince William Sound by Jim and Nancy Lethcoe, discusses the history of the area.
	www.geocities.com /pws_kayaking (2715 words)

	Prince William Sound, Alaska—TravelWild Expeditions
		Prince William Sound is an area roughly 15,000 square miles with 3,000 miles of coastline.
		The rugged Chugach Mountains frame the sound on three sides, their massive glaciers regularly depositing huge icebergs into its icy waters.
		Prince William Sound is quite simply unparalleled in it’s wild beauty and grandeur.
	www.travelwild.com /PrinceWilliamSound.asp (325 words)

	State Marine Parks in prince William Sound and Resurrection Bay
		Prince William Sound and Resurrection Bay are premier ecosystems with a diversity of wildlife and habitat.
		Because the Sound and Resurrection Bay is surrounded by mountains filled with glaciers adjacent to a relatively warm ocean current, the weather tends to be quite wet and cool.
		Giardia, as will as other wilderness parasites found in the Sound, can be removed by treating your drinking water in one of one of several ways: chemical, filtration or boiling.
	www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/units/pwssmp/smppws.htm (969 words)

	Prince William Sound Glacier & Wildlife Tours: Stan Stephens Cruises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Our captains have an average of 25 years of experience, and all of our staff are Alaskan residents anxious to share the culture, land and wildlife that make us proud to call Prince William Sound our home.
		Topics include Alaskan Natives indigenous to the Sound, gold and copper mining, commercial fishing, the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake, and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
		You will enjoy your meal with gusto, because the waters of eastern Prince William Sound are known as some of the calmest in Alaska.
	www.stanstephenscruises.com (323 words)

	Alaska fishing: Prince William Sound
		Prince William Sound (PWS) encompasses 15,000 square miles of tidewater glaciers, towering snow capped peaks and calm waterways.
		Prince William Sound is a surprising jewel along the otherwise rugged Alaska coastline between Cook Inlet and Yakutat Bay.
		The four largest communities around Prince William Sound are Cordova, Seward, Valdez and Whittier.
	www.outdoorsdirectory.com /areas/fishing/southcentral/prince_william_sound.htm (679 words)

	Oil Spill Recovery Institute
		To complement federal and state damage assessment efforts and determine, document, assess and understand the long-range effects of Arctic and sub-Arctic oil spills on the natural resources of Prince William Sound, and the environment, the economy and the lifestyle and well-being of the people who are dependent on those resources.
		OSRI is administered through and housed at the Prince William Sound Science Center, a non-profit research and education organization located in Cordova.
		The PWS Science Center facilitates and encourages ecosystem studies in the Greater Prince William Sound region.
	www.pws-osri.org (173 words)

	Prince William Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prince William Sound Cruises and Tours (formerly, Stan Stephens Cruises) has been operating glacier and wildlife sightseeing cruises in Alaska's Prince William Sound since 1961.
		Visitors have a view of the spectacular Mears Glacier and the Columbia Glacier, which is the largest tidewater glacier in the Sound.
		This cruise includes a baked halibut lunch while cruising the western Prince William Sound, rich with marine wildlife and spectacular views of Esther Passage.
	www.ciri.com /about_ciri/prince.htm (189 words)

	Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council - Home Page
		Citizens of Alaska organized the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 specifically to provide a voice for communities impacted by oil industry decisions in the Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska, and Cook Inlet.
		The council is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the environmentally safe operation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline's Valdez Marine Terminal and associated oil tankers.
		What We Do The council performs in a variety of areas aimed at reducing pollution from crude oil transportation through Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska.
	www.pwsrcac.org (317 words)

	Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The orca population, known to scientists as the "AT1 group," ranges from Prince William Sound to Kenai Fjords, and has dwindled from at least 22 animals to just 9 over the past 13 years.
		Exposure to crude oil is one likely cause, as some members of the group were observed swimming through oil during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, and were never seen again.
		Underwater vessel noise, which continues to increase in Prince William Sound, is known to disrupt the whales' hunting patterns, and populations of their primary prey, harbor seals, have declined over 80 percent over the last 20 years.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/species/orca/PWS.html (498 words)

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