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ALASKA!
The Final Frontier
ALASKA... where do I begin.... By far my favorite state, and quite possibly my most favorite place on earth. It all started w/PBS and a few documentaries sometime ago. I discovered that it is arguably the most beautiful, and fascinating place on the planet. I came into a little cash a few years back when our house sold, and was all but packed & headed north for Alaska.. If it weren't for my two cats I'd probably be there today.. I just couldn't bring myself to drug them, or stick them on the underside of a plane.. nor could I stand the thought of a 5000+ mile road trip w/them.. no flippin' way... I thought about a ferry/ship as well.. no joy there either... NO PETS... Plus, due to the long winters in AK most apt's do not allow pets.. With the odds stacked against me I folded, and just moved to expo park.. Does it bother me?..yes.. but there's always tomorrow... I'd love to move to NY for a few years, and then eventually retire in AK while I'm still young, but things never go according to plan... so we'll just have to take it as it comes, and play it by ear..
Through the years I've collected an absolutely obscene amount of pics from this great state.. This will be the first thread in a series featuring Alaska that I'd like to share with you guys.. I'll try to include some fun facts in each thread... I hope you enjoy!
A Must - Johnny Horton - North To Alaska.mp3
The facts
Alaska State Population: 626,932
* 24 hours of daylight (in some areas during the summer)
* 24 hours of night (in some areas during the winter)
* 3 million lakes
ALASKA makes up 1/5 of the U.S.' landmass
* 586,400 Square Miles
* 2 times the size of Texas
* 29 volcanoes
* 33,000 miles of coastline!
* 1,400 miles North to South
* 2,700 miles East to West
* Over 1/2 the world's Glaciers
* 55 miles east of Russia
* the only state to have coastlines on three different seas.
Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.
Records
* Record high temperature: 1915 +100 oF
* Record low temperature: Tanana -78 oF
* High tides of 37 feet
* Snow: 24 hours; 62 inches
1 year; 974 inches (Thompson Alaska, near Valdez).
Mountains
* Mount Denali: 20,320 feet (Tallest in North America)
* Mount Elias: 18,008 feet
Foraker - 17,400 feet
Bona - 16,500 feet
Blackburn - 16,390 feet
Sanford - 16,237 feet
Vancouver - 15,700 feet
Churchhill - 15,638 feet
Fairweather - 15,300 feet
Hubbard - 15,015 feet
Bear - 14,831
Islands (largest)
* Kodiak - 3,588 square miles
* Prince of Wales - 2,770 square miles
* Chichagof - 2,062 square miles
Lakes (largest)
* Iliamna - 1,000 square miles
* Becharof - 458 square miles
* Teshekpuk - 315 square miles
* Naknek - 242 square miles
Longest River
o Yukon - Total of 2,300 miles, 1,875 in Alaska
Wildlife
* Kodiak Bear; 1,400 pounds, 11 feet tall
* Polar Bear; 1,400 pounds, 11 feet tall
* Grizzly Bear (Brown Bear); 800 pounds, 9 feet tall
* Moose; 1,350 pounds, 5 feet high to shoulder
Antlers span; 72 inches
History
* Purchased from Russia in 1867 for under 2 cents an acre.
Official
* State Motto: North to the future.
* State Flower: Forget-me-not.
The plant grows well in most of Alaska's varied climate.
....... Just to get you started........
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Now.. onto the pics!!
This gallery belongs to Dr. Joshua Ong
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The best way to drink glacier water....
Last edited by Justin Terveen; 25 November 2005 at 08:31 PM.
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More pics! Bring them on. I have to agree, this is a beautiful and intriguing state.
I tell everyone...I smile just because...I've got a city love...
you bet... next up: the northern lights...
very nice...
“We shape our Cities, thereafter they shape us.”
Alaska is amazing. It feels like your in the Lord of the Rings landscape. I would post some of my photos for ya'll, but I don't know if theres the demand
"And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed."-"Farewell to Penn Station," New York Times Editorial, October 30, 1963
YES.... Please do! right here.... start your own... don't really care... just wanna see'm!!!!
BRRRRR... ahh. I want to visit Alaska.
Just got back from Savannah.. I'll be posting some pics from there soon, along with a few from Atlanta.
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very cool... lookin' forward to that....
Alright here are few. Just a warning though, these suck in comparison with the other photos in this thread. Reason being is we had our camera stolen halfway threw the trip, so we lost half the photos. The first set were taken by a Kodak disposable from my cousin while the other half was taken by our new Canon bought at the Skagway Radioshack.
Ketchikan
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Alaskan Fjords. Notice the water color.
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Sawyer Glacier
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Some fellow cruisers.
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Heres some photos from a rail trip we took into the mountains.
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And back to Seattle.
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"And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed."-"Farewell to Penn Station," New York Times Editorial, October 30, 1963
Beautiful! I'd love to visit one of these days.
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just gorgeous! thanks for sharing them!!
How did I miss this Alaska thread? Great pictures (although the one with the crowds of fishermen needs some bears to clear things out). I've been trying to get up to Nome for several summers now, I have gold fever... I've never been to Alaska, but I have mightily enjoyed my rare trips to the Yukon and NWT.
"Ultimately, helmet laws save a few brains but destroy many hearts."
- T.J. DeMarco
very cool... I can't wait to visit either.. such an amazing place... and so beautiful...
These pics are great! I'm lucky enough to be going to Alaska next month for 10 days. Me and my buds are traveling via RV from Homer in the South up to Denali for some hiking and fishing. Can't wait! I still haven't figured out what lens I should bring along for a canon 20D. All I have at the moment is a 50mm. Any recommendations?
Ahh you lucky dog! Yes, I'd take something wide, and somethimg with a little reach for wildlife.. The 17-40L is a little high, but its so well worth it.. And the 70-300 is very affordable...I'm not sure what budget you're working with, but that should get you started.
Be safe, have a blast, bring me back some of that Purple Alaskan Thunder, and take lots of pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy 4-20!!
I'd love to live in Alaska. My mom's cousin lives there and he loves it. I need to go visit him one of these days.
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