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24. About Turnagain Arm

Wed Aug 4, 2021, 01:08 AM

Aug 2021

Turnagain Arm is an inlet south of Anchorage, Alaska. The first European to explore it was Captain Cook. It's very shallow and gradually narrows. Cook had to turn his ship again and again to keep from running aground. Hence the name Turnagain Arm. 😉

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