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The Call of the Wild: Something Fishy's Four Alaskan 2020 Trips

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Something Fishy:
4 trips, 48 flights, 34,521 miles of flying, and 2,678 miles of driving. Traveled by jet, prop plane, ski plane, floatplane, helicopter, coach bus, school bus, truck, minibus, van, rental car, taxi, snowmobile, sled, ATV, raft, kayak, skiff, catamaran, pontoon boat, train, aerial tram, and dog sled. Almost got to ride in a police car too, but turned that down.

From -40 to +75 degrees F, from the tallest mountain in North America to the northernmost point in the United States, from rainforest to tundra, and from thousand-pound bears to thousands of mosquitos.


All flights - 48 legs and 34,521 miles flown:




Alaska close up - 31 legs:




Close up of south-central Alaska:




Trip 1, February: Homer, Deadhorse, Barrow, Fairbanks


Arctic fox in the sea ice, Point Barrow


Trip 2, July: Matanuska Glacier, King Salmon, Katmai National Park, Whittier


Leap of faith, Brooks Falls


Trip 3, August: Girdwood, Matanuska Glacier, Denali National Park, Whittier, Chugach National Forest, Punchbowl Glacier, Lake Clark National Park, Spencer Glacier


Helicopter dog sledding, Punchbowl Glacier


Trip 4, August: Spencer Glacier, Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Colony Glacier, Lake Clark National Park


Glacier Kayaking, Chugach National Forest

m65:
waiting anxiously for details

YitzyS:

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That photo should win an award

Yehoshua:
Wow, looking forward. Hopefully you had better weather after 4 trips than the constant rain we had in August (years ago).

buyicofo:
I envy you very much. All I can remember is quarantine and self-isolation...

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