A team of scientists and undergraduate students have analyzed the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants. A team of scientists and undergraduate students have analyzed the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants.
Donner Summit is also the Sierra Divide where storms spend most of their time, dropping 35-40 feet of snow a year, making skiing a major industry and making the Sierra a reservoir for the rest of the state. Arguably, Donner Summit and Donner Pass across it, is the most important square mile in California.
Whole books have been written about the story of the Donner party, but the basic facts are that the group of emigrants, led by George Donner and his extended family had been travelling along the California Trail from Illinois and were badly advised to use a southerly short-cut across the Great Salt Lake Desert in Utah.