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IMG_AK_1000 Flying over the Rocky Mountains on the way to Seattle IMG_AK_1001 Flying out of the cloud cover and into the western desert IMG_AK_1002 Fertile Area In Vast American Desert IMG_AK_1003 Mount Adams, and two other peaks in the Cascade Range outside of Seattle IMG_AK_1004 Mount Ranier as seen on the approach to Seattle Airport. IMG_AK_1005 Bull moose encountered on Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks. IMG_AK_1006 Female moose seen from Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks. IMG_AK_1007 On the Dalton Highway heading north 256 miles to Coldfoot. IMG_AK_1008 Joy Alaska on the Dalton Highway. A wilderness truck and tourist stop owned and run by a family living year-round in the Alaska bush. IMG_AK_1009 One of several cabins in Joy, AK north of Fairbanks IMG_AK_1010 The main building in Joy Alaska. Free coffee, souvenirs, refreshments, and good conversation. IMG_AK_1011 The Alaska Pipeline transitioning from above ground to underground. The mountain top does not have permafrost. IMG_AK_1012 Overturned Propane Truck - Dalton Highway. Travel, especially driving a big rig, is not for the faint-hearted on the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1013 A smokey haze hangs over the forest north of Fairbanks as over 1,000,000 acres burn. This has been a dry, hot summer. IMG_AK_1014 The mighty Yukon River with sun trying to shine through a haze of smoke. Taken from the only Yukon bridge in Alaska. IMG_AK_1015 A well-traveled truck at the Yukon River station on the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1016 Finger Mountain on the Dalton Highway, just below the Arctic Circle. The forests are giving way to tundra. IMG_AK_1017 Dead bush in the tundra alongside the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1018 Alaska Tundra seen as if you were walking on it. It is thick and very spongy in places. IMG_AK_1019 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Here it is elevated because of permafrost. The fins on top of the columns conduct heat away to keep the ground frozen around the column footings. IMG_AK_1020 Dalton Highway with Brooks Range in Backgound. You can see the pipeline off to the right. IMG_AK_1021 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline snaking up toward the Brooks Range. IMG_AK_1022 Birch tree and aspen leaves on a green background. IMG_AK_1023 At The Arctic Circle on the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1024 Interagency Visitor Center at Coldfoot on the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1025 Coldfoot Camp on the Dalton Highway. Originally a gold rush camp, it was used as a work station during pipeline construction. It is now the commercial center for the area between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay. IMG_AK_1026 Coldfoot Camp looking from the motel across the parking lot to the store, restaurant and service station. IMG_AK_1027 A convoy of three big rigs leaving Coldfoot heading south on the Dalton Highway. IMG_AK_1028 The turn north from coldfoot. Next stop Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean. Brooks Mountain Range is in the background. IMG_AK_1029 Sunrise Over Coldfoot IMG_AK_1030 Morning view heading north on the Dalton Highway toward the Brooks Range. IMG_AK_1031 Looking down on the valley from ___ pass in the Brooks Range. The river, pipeline and highway all follow the same route through the valley.
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