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Fishing village

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A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres...
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Glacier

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A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly deform and flow due to stresses induced by their...
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Mendenhall Glacier

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Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 12 miles long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originally known as Sitaantaagu ("the Glacier...
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Juneau, Alaska

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The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska and the 2nd largest city in the United States by area....
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Mendenhall Lake

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Mendenhall Lake is a lake in the Mendenhall Valley at the 1962 terminus of Mendenhall Glacier, 3 miles North of the Juneau City and Borough Airport in the Coast Mountains. It is the source of...
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Gianduja (chocolate)

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Gianduja (or gianduia) is a sweet chocolate containing about 30% hazelnut paste, invented in Turin during Napoléon's regency (1796–1814). Based on Gianduia, Turin based chocolate manufacturer Caffarel invented Gianduiotto in 1852. It takes its name...
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