https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e By: Graham Olson en-us 2017-11-29 19:15:04 UTC 2017-12-01 19:52:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/211590772 Kobuk valley  realates to our driving question because it is one of the main water sources in Alaska. It also feeds in to the waters that animals use to find their prey. Also this relates to our driving question because it uses water to for polar bears and other arctic animals to live in.]]> 2017-11-29 19:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/211590772 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/211592219 kobuk valley is  a 1,750,716 acre park. When it first had opened it held people from arctic lands. Also kobuk valley holds lots of different animals like thousands of caribou.]]> 2017-11-29 19:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/211592219 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212039527 kobuk valley is a river that over thousands of caribou swim in. This is because  caribou find the rivers interesting and there pray live on the other side of the river.]]> 2017-11-30 19:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212039527 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212046773 In kobuk valley the temperatures range from the mid 80"s in the summer down to below freezing in the winter. This is because it is located in the mountains which can make it colder and warmer.]]> 2017-11-30 19:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212046773 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212051779 Kobuk valley is located on the edge of the arctic. The other side of the lake is the arctic where temperatures get extremely cold even down to the -30s

]]> 2017-11-30 19:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212051779 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212058177 Kobuk valley hold two parts: the dunes and the lake. This is because one part is desert and the other is located more in the cold.]]> 2017-11-30 20:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212058177 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212238451 Not just caribou but some bears like to swim in kobuk river to find fish. This is because the lake side is really cold and that is where the polar bears live to survive.]]> 2017-12-01 13:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212238451 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212239799 Even though the dunes in kobuk valley are near the arctic they still get very high temperatures and sometimes reach up to 100 degrees. These dunes are also the largest and highest sand dunes in the arcitc. This is from the mountains giving off cool air and the dunes end up with warm air coming towards them because the trees block the cool air.]]> 2017-12-01 13:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212239799 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212313611 On the edge of the dunes there are trees that lie. These are called and are in The boreal forest. The boreal forest sperates the dunes to the lake. This is for it to be cold on one side and warm on the other. ]]> 2017-12-01 15:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212313611 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212317475 People visit kobuk valley mostly for the lake. But some people like to walk through the forest. This is because the dunes are too hot to a human to step foot on. 

]]> 2017-12-01 15:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212317475 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212320392 Kobuk valley national park overall, is one of the most rural places to go on earth. Yet it is a national park, although people aren't allowed there in the winter because the arctic side holds frigid temperatures. ]]> 2017-12-01 15:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212320392 grahamols4395 https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212325261 The main herd of caribou make up something called kobuk locoweed. This holds all animals that go across the river valley and are the 3rd biggest herd in north america. ]]> 2017-12-01 16:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/grahamols4395/t9krtojaj23e/wish/212325261