Alaska Trip Overview |
Anchorage |
Anchorage Skyline from Cpt Cook Hotel Room |
Anchorage Flower Basket |
Anchorage Post Office |
Anchorage Whale Statue |
Anchorage Capt Cook Statue |
Crossing Chugach River by Train |
Breakfast on the Midnight Sun Express |
View from Train |
Inside Domed Car |
Train Platform View |
Train Rounding Bend |
Entering 918' long RR Bridge over Hurricane Gulch |
View from RR Bridge 296' over Hurricane Gulch |
RR Bridge over Hurricane Gulch |
Chulitna River - Hurricane Gulch (256 ft) |
Snowfield Seen from Train |
Southbound Train Passing |
Heading North by Train |
Panorama Mountain & Nenana River |
Excursion Boat on Nenana River |
Train Along Nenana River |
Kayaker on Nenana River |
Denali Train Station |
Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge |
View From Restaurant at Denali Wilderness Lodge |
AM View From Room at Denali Wilderness Lodge |
AM Closeup From Room at Denali Wilderness Lodge |
Entering Denali Wilderness Preserve |
Susan with Mt McKinley Base in Distance |
Base of Mt McKinley in Distance |
Dall Sheep on Hillside |
Caribou Moving Down |
Lone Caribou |
Caribou Pair |
Denali Caribou Pair |
Grizzly Near Road |
Grizzly On Ridge |
View from Polychrome Pass |
Dall Sheep & Lamb |
Hot Tub Overlooking Nenana River |
Fireweed and Foxtail |
First Family Statue - Fairbanks |
Fairbanks Boarding Discovery III |
Float Plane on Approach |
Float Plane Landing on Chena River III |
Cabin on Chena River |
Modern Cabin on Chena River |
Susan Butcher Kennel |
Susan Butcher with Puppies |
Susan Butcher Exercising Sled Dogs |
Reindeer on Chena River |
Chena (clear) and Tanana (glacial) River Confluence |
Alaskan Fish Camp & Fish Wheel |
Salmon Drying - Chena Athabascan Village |
Yupik Guide with Wolverine Ruff |
Bill with Grizzly Hide |
Chena Athabascan Trading Post |
Alaskan Bill |
Reindeer |
Discovery II |
Returning to Chena from Tanana River |
Bush plane airstrip on Banks of Chena River |
View of Chena River from Room at Fairbanks Princess Lodge |
Begin Dalton Hwy |
First Look at Pipeline |
Yukon River |
Crossing Yukon River (1900' wide) - Wooden Bridge |
Milepost 353.3 on Pipeline |
Yukon River Bridge (open 1979) |
Hot Spot Gasoline |
Black Bear Near Road |
86 Mi Overlook |
86 Mile Overlook |
Pipeline View |
Under the Pipeline |
Crossing the Arctic Circle |
Arctic Circle Club |
Forest Fire |
Forest Fire Flaring Back Up |
Arctic Cotton by Road |
Arctic Cotton |
Grayling Lake |
Arrival in Coldfoot |
Welcome to Coldfoot |
Slate Creek Inn |
Our Room |
View from Room (Dirty Bus from Prudhoe Bay) |
11 PM in Coldfoot (note tent) |
Leaving Coldfoot |
Next Services 240 miles |
Wiseman, AK - Pop 17 |
Wiseman, AK |
Susan & Gregg Roth (Driver) |
Moose |
Moose in Arctic Cotton |
Sukakpak Mountain North Side |
Sukakpak Mountain North Side |
Last Spruce Tree |
Spruce Tree Sign |
View from Chandlar Shelf |
Looking Back from Atigen Pass |
First look at Brooks Range |
Bill & Brooks Range |
The Road Ahead |
Pipeline & Brooks Range |
Gailbraith Lake (River Ice in Background) |
Lunch at Toolik Lake |
Pump Station #3 |
Franklin Bluffs |
Musk Ox Herd |
Interesting Geology |
Golden Eagle & Ravens |
Golden Eagle in Flight |
Lone Caribou on the Move |
Caribou Herd |
Another Lone Caribou |
Caribou at Pump Station #1 |
Arctic Caribou Inn |
36 degrees on July 7, 2005 |
Electric Plugs for Engine Heaters |
Lake Colleen - Deadhorse, AK |
Below 20 with Wind Chill - Bill, Susan, Doreen, Phil, Susan, Kevin |
Midnight Sun - Deadhorse, AK |
Original Air Tower at Midnight |
Midnight at Arctic Caribou Inn |
Bill in Arctic Ocean |
Susan with Finger in Arctic Ocean |
Natalie Joins Polar Bear Club |
Nasty Day on Arctic Ocean |
Final Group Picture from Deadhorse, AK |
Leaving Deadhorse Airport |
Ice-wedge Polygons from Air |
Braided River from Air |
River from Air |
Approaching Anchorage - Cook's Inlet |
Landing in Anchorage |
Leaving Plane Anchorage |
Directions to Anchorage Terminal |
Downtown Anchorage |
Anchorage Garden |
Cook's Inlet @ 10 PM from Captain Cook Hotel |
Arriving Alaskan Native American Heritage Center |
Waiting for Moose & Calf to Cross Road |
Moose & Calf |
Gathering Place - AK Native Heritage Ctr |
Tlingit Style Lodge |
Tlingit Style Totem |
Whale Jawbones |
Lapland TeePee |
Lapland Bed |
Native Dancers |
Raven Dancers |
Marshland Outside Anchorage |
Glacial Stream |
Placer Creek |
Portage Lake & Glaciers |
Blue Ice of Burns Glacier |
Closeup of Burns Glacier |
Portage Glacier at End of Lake |
Tolls for Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel |
Entrance to Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel |
2.5 miles through Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel |
Waterfall on Backside of Tunnel |
Arriving at Island Princess in Whittier |
Island Princess in Whittier |
Our Cabin |
Our Balcony |
Boarding the Island Princess (Susan, Kevin, Susan, Bill, Phil, Doreen) |
First look at B503 |
View of B503 from Balcony |
Balcony |
Bald Eagle in Tree Viewed from Balcony |
Susan Enjoying Drink on the Balcony |
Phil & Doreen from Our Balcony |
Indoor Pool |
Pair of Bald Eagles Viewed from Balcony |
Whittier Dockside Area |
Leaving Whittier (Double Waterfalls) |
Entering College Fjord |
Amherst Glacier |
Approaching Harvard Glacier |
Harvard Glacier from Bow |
Harvard Glacier Calving |
Balcony View of Harvard Glacier |
Harvard Glacier |
Top of Bryn Mawr Glacier |
Bryn Mawr Glacier |
Vassar Glacier |
Vassar and Bryn Mawr Glaciers |
Wellesley Glacier |
Leaving College Fjord |
Atrium of Island Princess |
1st Formal Night |
Celebrating 18th Anniversary |
Entering Glacier Bay |
Pastry Buffet |
Pastry Buffet |
Pastry Buffet |
Kittiwakes in Wake of Ship |
Kittiwake or Gull Alongside |
Gull by Balcony |
Margorie Glacier with Tufted Puffins |
Gull on Balcony Below |
Silt from Marjorie Glacier and Ice Flow |
Repositioning Ship |
Marjorie Glacier from Balcony |
Marjorie Glacier Cave |
Marjorie Glacier Calving |
New Iceberg from Marjorie Glacier Calving |
Poet or Beatnik |
Doreen, Phil, Susan, Kevin on our Balcony |
Bill, Susan, Susan, Kevin on our Balcony |
Bill, Susan, Doreen, Phil on our Balcony |
Waterfall enroute to Lamplugh Glacier |
Lamplugh Glacier |
Docked in Skagway |
Border Crossing Into British Columbia |
British Columbia on Klondike Hwy |
Entering Yukon Territory |
Bald Eagle at Yukon Border |
Emerald Lake |
Lunch at Caribou Crossing Trading Post |
Wildlife Museum - Brown Bear |
WM Mtn Lion |
WM Elk |
WM Grizzlies |
WM Polar Bear |
WM Musk Ox |
WM Bison |
WM Wolves after White Caribou |
WM Bull Moose |
WM Caribou |
WM Lynx |
Carcross Desert |
View of Carcross from Klondike Hwy |
Carcross St Saviour's Anglican Church (1904) |
Lake Bennett |
Carcross Across Natasaheen River |
Oldest Operating Store in Yukon Territory (1910) |
Carcross Post Office (1905) |
Cabin built with Logs from 1902 Conrad City Home |
Cabin built with Logs from Conrad City |
Carcross Barracks (1920) |
Bove Island (Hookers banished by Rev Bompas) |
Tutshi Lake, BC |
Fraser Lake, BC |
On Board White Pass & Yukon RR |
Going Up White Pass |
Poles Beside Tracks |
Nearing the Summit |
White Pass Summit (2865 ft) |
Re-entering Alaska at White Pass (US, AK, BC, YT, CA) |
Tallest Cantilever Bridge in World (1901) |
Steel Cantilever Bridge |
Cantilever Bridge Used until 1969 |
Inspiration Point (17 Mi to Lynn Canal, Mt Harding, Chilkat Range) |
Last Car Coming Out of Tunnel Mountain |
Engine Crossing Bridge |
Bridal Veil Falls |
Buchanan Rock (70 years) 1st Border Crossing |
Class VI Rapids.jpg |
Klondike Highway from Skagway |
Skagway & Lynn Canal from Rocky Point |
Fireweed in RIver Bed |
Jacob Berries Along River Bed |
Maintenance Yard with Original Rail Cars |
Red Onion Saloon - Skagway |
Arctic Brotherhood Hall (20,000 + pieces of Driftwood) |
Skagway |
Arriving Juneau |
Waiting to Board Helicopter |
Bald Eagle at Helicopter Airfield |
Our Ride to the Glacier |
Susan and Keeley |
Gastineau Channel |
Cruise Ships in Juneau |
Island Princess in Juneau |
Cove on Taku Inlet |
Taku Glacier |
Dead Branch Glacier |
Hole in the Wall Glacier |
Hole in the Wall Glacier Closeup |
Ice and snow on Lower Norris Glacier |
Bright Day on Middle Norris Glacier |
Dog Camp on Norris Glacier |
Getting out of Helicopter |
Ready to Ride |
Getting the Dogs Ready |
Susan in Basket |
Derrick on Lead Sled |
Our Sled Team |
Susan on the Brake |
Cooling Down |
Lead Dogs |
Helicopters Returning |
Susan and Barbara |
Last Look at Dog Camp |
Glacial Lake |
Juneau from Air |
Back at ERA |
Champagne Waterfall |
Champagne Waterfall |
Outside the Casino |
Our Favorite Corner in Explorer's Lounge (Disco) |
Narrow Channel (Johnstone Strait) |
Docked in Vancouver |
Pan Pacific Hotel |
Entering Gastown Area, Vancouver |
Island Princess at Dock in Vancouver |
Red Lightpoles with Dragons in Chinatown |
Cricket Match in Stanley Park |
Vancouver City Skyline from Stanley Park |
Totem Poles in Stanley Park |
Totem Pole 2 |
Totem Pole 3 |
Chief Wakas Pole |
View of N. Vancouver across Burrard Inlet |
Girl in Wetsuit Statue - Stanley Park |
Prospect Point - Stanley Park |
Granville Island - Vancouver |
Granville Market - Vancouver |
Condos in West End - Vancouver |
On the Way to Vancouver Airport |
Farewell Canadian Rockies |
Home at Midnight |