Patrick's friend Gregg hikes along a ridge in the 'Refugium'. This part of Kodiak was not covered by glaciers during the last glaciation and is known as the 'Refugium' because many species of plants and animals were able to survive here when they were wiped out by the glaciers elsewhere. Gregg and Patrick noticed that the character of the mountains is very different from what they are used to on the north end of Kodiak. It is much drier and the mountains lack the glacial cirques (bowl shaped meadows at the tops of mountains) so common on the north end.
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