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"Less than 2000 years ago, the Lost Jim Lava bed was formed from slow moving lava spreading on top of the much older Imuruk lava field. This flow occurred with the top layer of lava cooling as the bottom layer continued moving. The movement of the flowing bottom layer created waves in the hardening top layer. When the lava cooled and turned to rock, the waves become wrinkles in the lava. The smooth wavy texture of the Lost Jim Lava Flow contrasts the broken look of the surrounding Imuruk Lava field which has experienced thousands of years of weathering."
If you visit Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska, you'll see free-standing spires of rocks called tors. A "tor" is a Celtic word meaning "hill" and refers to "an exposed mass of rock."
Dating back to about 187,000 to 129,000 years ago, muskoxen are known as the shaggy survivors of the Ice Age. Today muskoxen are found in northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. Inupiaq speakers call them itomingmak, meaning "the animal with skin like a beard" for their distinct fur that hangs down nearly to the ground.--National Park Service, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
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