Anywhere Challenge: Win up to 60,000 points over the next 8 weeks
Sep 21, 2010, 11:05 am
#346
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I think over the last two weeks (plus the initial "sample" answer) PCR made it quite clear that the trend here is "National Park". I guess we will know for fact after this week.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:05 am
#347
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I agree with those who warn against getting all hung up on Turnagain Arm as the locale for part of the photo. The folks running this contest are making liberal use of photos from various surrounding areas to create a collage, so the situs of a given stock photo does not pin down the answer.
Right now the only location that contains Turnagain Arm and the Kenai River is Chugach National Forest but I am not sold on it being the final answer as yet.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:09 am
#348
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Thoughts:
The photo of Turnagain Arm merely says that. We are not sure exactly where the photo was taken. Perhaps the tag is a few miles off.
Seward is at the opposite end of the peninsula.
You have the Resurrection River that flows out of the Harding Ice Field at Exit Glacier.
The Kenai, Susitna, and the Matanuska Rivers flow into Cook Inlet.
I am going with Kenai River, Chugach National Forest, Alaska as the Kenai starts there.
However, as much as this promotion is fun, I think they are being disingenuous in not being correct about their photos representing the actual answer with the first one, Aruba being a prime example.
The photo of Turnagain Arm merely says that. We are not sure exactly where the photo was taken. Perhaps the tag is a few miles off.
Seward is at the opposite end of the peninsula.
You have the Resurrection River that flows out of the Harding Ice Field at Exit Glacier.
The Kenai, Susitna, and the Matanuska Rivers flow into Cook Inlet.
I am going with Kenai River, Chugach National Forest, Alaska as the Kenai starts there.
However, as much as this promotion is fun, I think they are being disingenuous in not being correct about their photos representing the actual answer with the first one, Aruba being a prime example.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:10 am
#349
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I agree but I would also warn against getting hung up with the written clues as well. Week 1 clue 1 used the word 'mountains' to describe Aruba. I don't think a 600 foot hill constitutes a mountain range. Clue 2 talked of 2 'indigenous' species of birds when they clearly meant endemic species.
Right now the only location that contains Turnagain Arm and the Kenai River is Chugach National Forest but I am not sold on it being the final answer as yet.
Right now the only location that contains Turnagain Arm and the Kenai River is Chugach National Forest but I am not sold on it being the final answer as yet.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:10 am
#350
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I doubt you can read much into it, but for those who like this sort of arcana, note that a line of flying birds -- presumably geese -- appears when you expand the word-clue panel (by clicking on "view more"). As between a National Wildlife Refuge and a National Park, I don't think this tips one way or the other.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:13 am
#351
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i think the location would be near an ICH group property and agree that a national area would be more fitting than strictly a river. being that these glaciers could "flow" almost 100 miles, and they're located at this kenai fjords national park, it seems logical. of course, so did several other places.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:15 am
#352
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I believe the answer for this one is Kenai River, AK, USA. I checked google and Wikipedia and Chugach State Park is not near Kenai river. Also, the clue says 'Flows for almost 100 miles'. A state park cannot 'flow'. Even though the first two weeks' correct answers were state parks but their description were referring to a location which is not the case with this clue.
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Sep 21, 2010, 11:18 am
#354
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Sep 21, 2010, 11:19 am
#355
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I've already submitted an answer for today, but I never found the [insert whatever; glacier?] "that flows for almost 100 miles".
Sep 21, 2010, 11:26 am
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Sep 21, 2010, 11:28 am
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Kenai River is ~82 miles long. I'm thinking that whatever it is that flows, the "correct" answer will contain all or part of the name of the flowing thing -- thus, Kenai NWR or Kenai Fjords NP. Since the contest creators seem to prefer the names of reserved/designated parkland areas over the name of geographical features per se, "Kenai River" seems to me an unlikely candidate for the points-winning answer.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:33 am
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no, that's what i've been looking for. it seems to be one of the more prominent attractions/draws to the area. of course, since it is the kenai fjord national park, they could be referencing the river as the ~100 mile portion of the clue and not really meaning that the answer is the river itself.