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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,872 Member

    I am just getting back from a rafting trip on the Alsek River. We flew to Juneau, took a ferry to Haines, got a ride to Haines Junction, and rafted for 15 days. Then we took a small charter plane back from Dry Bay to Juneau. Along the way we got picked up by a helicopter to take us over a ten-mile section that we cannot survive in rafts.

    In my wildest dreams, I never imagined a place like this existed.

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  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 14,404 Member

    Beautiful part of the world, isn't it? I used to live in Prince Rupert, BC… 49 miles south of the Alaskan border. Work-wise, it was rough, to say the least… also the winter isn't elegant… but yeah, this time of year, it's amazing.

  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,872 Member

    We were about 400 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Sunset was at 11:46 on Solstice, and sunrise was just a few hours later. After midnight I could read in my tent under overcast skies (or rain) without a head lamp.

    I knew my mind would be blown from this experience, but I didn't realize how much. The place is vast. The grandeur is indescribable. It was just…. nuts.

  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 14,404 Member

    The wildlife up there are next level nuts as well. Grizzly bears are beyond huge, yet polar bears are even bigger.

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