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Do glaciers cover Alaska during ice ages?

By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide

Question: Do glaciers cover Alaska during ice ages?
Answer: This might make a good bar bet. Alaska is close to the north pole, after all, so it would be extremely cold. But during the last ice age there was not enough moisture to cover every part of Alaska. The most arid parts of the state completely escaped the glaciers. Visit this site at Oak Ridge National Lab for more than you ever wanted to know about ice-age America.
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