Shrine of St. Therese Juneau

... say: "come on down - er up..." Juneau's roadway, all 40 miles of it -- runs sort of north/south. The Shrine of St. Therese, nestled amongst the trees on Shrine Island at mile 23 is one of the first places we visit after returning to Juneau. The ...

... Nature) had to offer.  Bert made a welcome return when we got out of our kayaks to spend a bit of time at the shrine of St Therese, a tiny church hidden away in a copse of trees at the edge of the water. As we got back to the kayaks, there he was ...

... in addition to the academic program - keeping everyone well fed and staying in places that offer added value.  The Shrine of St. Therese a Catholic retreat center accommodates both.   Located on the Lynn Canal 21 miles north of Juneau on a ...

... .                  We are staying at the Shrine of St. Therese, which is right on the Pacific Ocean.  It’s a beautiful landscape with mountains (which are normally hid ...

... . The total distance, north to south, is about 45 miles. We made two stops on our way north: at the Shrine of St. Therese, which has a lovely stone chapel, beautiful gardens, and the labyrinth pictured here; and at Eagle Beach, offering a beautiful ...

Observing the extreme and learning My first graduate lecture at Cornell was by George Bartholomew of UCLA. Bart, a seasoned ecological sage, admonished us to examine the extreme if our goal was to understand the world. He lectured on the sociable weaver ...

... .  Since the 17th century most glaciers in Southeast Alaska have had insufficient winter snow (only 100 feet a year on the Juneau Ice Field) to replace summer snowmelt. Global warming, no matter what the cause, heated our next day's discussions. In ...

... you can tolerate - adapt, move or die.  The Native Peoples exhibit at the Alaskan State Museum in Juneau shows hundreds of examples of the ingenuity of humans adapting to conditions not favorable to our tropical origins just 60,000 years ago.  ...