Alaska: land of the midnight sun

June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Museum of History and Art. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Visitor Information Center. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Museum of History and Art. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Museum of History and Art.<br />Musk Ox. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Museum of History and Art.<br />Lawrence Ullaqq Ahvakana, "Waiting for the Wolf Dance", 1949, alabaster, walnut, walrus ivory and metal. June 10, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Captain Cook. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Native Medical Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Native Medical Center.<br />Small native basket. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Anchorage Native Medical Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center.<br />Skin covered baidarka kayak. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center.<br />Joyce, Joe and June Villarreal, and native interpreter. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center.<br />Whale jaw bones. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Alaska Native Heritage Center.<br />Native docent with inflated seal skin used as a float for whaling. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Old time restaurant where we ate dinner. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Fishing for salmon in Ship Creek. June 11, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Fishing for salmon in Ship Creek. June 12, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />The train station. June 12, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Breakfast on the train. June 12, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Arn Lau and Mary Lou Lau. June 12, 2004 - Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Trip leaders Michelle Bartlett and Bill Holman. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train: Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train: Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View of glacier from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />River laden with glacial flour. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska.<br />Fishing boat on Resurrection Bay. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska.<br />A mile long contemporary fish camp. Each camper has a fireplace and the beach<br />was strewn with the remains of many salmon. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska.<br />Donna Preece, Phyllis Gardner, Sue Schiffer, Jan Locker. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />A sea otter. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />Stellar sea lions and black legged kittiwakes. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />Stellar sea lions. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />Black legged kittiwakes and common murres. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />Two puffins. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska. June 12, 2004 - Resurrection Bay, Alaska.<br />Bear Galcier. June 12, 2004 - Seward, Alaska. The whole Interhostel "Alaska, Land of the Midnight Sun" group plus the train conductor.<br />Back row: Phil, Michelle, Jim, Ken, Helen B., Helen K., Bob, Fae, Pam, Jane, Sue, Donna, Phyllis, Bill, Mary Lou, Jan, Arn.<br />Front row: Egils, Joyce, Carol, June, Joe, train conductor, Eric. June 12, 2004 - Between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Joe Villarreal modeling a moose hat. June 12, 2004 - Between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska.<br />View from the train. June 12, 2004 - Between Seward and Anchorage, Alaska.<br />Cook Inlet at low tide. The glacial silt is so fine here that it acts like quicksand.<br />It is dangerous. June 13, 2004 - Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, Alaska. June 13, 2004 - Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, Alaska. June 13, 2004 - Portage, Alaska.<br />Lake at foot of Portage Glacier. June 13, 2004 - Portage, Alaska.<br />Lake at foot of Portage Glacier. June 13, 2004 - Portage, Alaska.<br />Lake at foot of Portage Glacier. June 13, 2004 - Portage, Alaska.<br />Lake at foot of Portage Glacier. June 13, 2004 - Portage, Alaska.<br />Lake at foot of Portage Glacier. June 13, 2004 - Alyeska Resort and Ski Area, Alaska. June 13, 2004 - Alyeska Resort and Ski Area, Alaska.<br />Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. June 13, 2004 - Alyeska Resort and Ski Area, Alaska.<br />One of the three parasailers we saw. June 13, 2004 - Alyeska Resort and Ski Area, Alaska. June 14, 2004 - Willow, Alaska.<br />Our tour bus and Carol Buquo and Joyce. June 14, 2004 - Talkeetna, Alaska.<br />Phil and Helen Bremmer, Jan Locker, Carol Buquo, Bob Herbert, Helen Harkins, and Eric Edelstein<br />at the Park Service Center at talk about Mt. Denali and its climbers. June 14, 2004 - Talkeetna, Alaska.<br />All expeditions to Denali (Mt. McKinley) start in this town. June 14, 2004 - Talkeetna, Alaska. June 14, 2004 - On AK-3 south of Cantwell, Alaska.<br />Mt. McKinley or Mt. Denali (hightest peak in North America). June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />A rare clear shot of Mt. Denali. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />A braided river, common in Alaska. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Can you find the moose? Mount Pendleton? June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Joyce. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />A flock of Dall sheep resting in the heat. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Typical view of Mt. Denali and typical Alaskan traffic. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Panoramic view from Eielson. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Joyce on trail upThoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Narcissus-flowered Anemone. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Wooly Lousewort. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Small yellow violet. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Pink Plumes. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Dwarf Fireweed. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Northern Geranium. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Rosewort. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Bear flower, Richardson's Saxifrage. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />View from Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Mt. Denali (Mt. McKinley) in its own weather. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Joyce. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge above Eielson Visitor Center.<br />Moss campion. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Thoro Ridge from Eielson Visitor Center. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou grazing. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou. Its coat looks mangy because it's shedding its winter fur.<br />The summer coat hasn't completely come in yet. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dall sheep. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Caribou trying to escape the mosquitoes by standing on snow. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />There is a grizzly bear in this photo, but you have to take my word for it. June 15, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska. June 16, 2004 - McKinley Village, near entrance to Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Joyce cutting a template of a white spruce footprint at Denali River Cabins. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dog sledding center and demo. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dog sledding center and demo.<br />Joyce. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dog sledding center and demo. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dog sledding center and demo. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska.<br />Dog sledding center and demo. June 16, 2004 - Denali National Park, Alaska. The whole Interhostel group sans Egils.<br />Left to right: Ken, Jim, Helen, Sue, Carol, Pam, Phil, Helen, Bill, Bob, Fae, June, Joe, Jane, Mary Lou, Arn, Phyllis, Jan, Joyce, Donna, Eric. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska.<br />Mary, a native Athabascan and the cook at the senior center,<br />giving a talk on her self-sufficient lifestyle along the banks of the Nenana River. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska.<br />A long horned beatle. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska.<br />The railroad bridge over the Tanana River. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska.<br />Eric Edelstein in front of the local church. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska.<br />Jim and Carol Buquo posing in front of the local church. June 16, 2004 - Nenana, Alaska. The quadpod (4-legged tripod?) is placed on the ice and a<br />string is attached to the tower. When the ice breaks in the spring, the string motion releases<br />a knife which cuts a power cord to a clock. thus determining the exact time of the ice breakup. Lots of money is bet on this time. June 16, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Concert in Golden Heart Park. June 16, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />A native Alaskan dancing to the music. June 16, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />It's quite warm in Fairbanks. Eric Edelstein can be seen among the listeners. June 16, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Eric Edelstein and Jan Locker. June 16, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Joyce and Phyllis Gardner. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />The "Unknown First Family" at Golden Heart Plaza. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Immaculate Conception Church across the Chena River from Golden Heart Plaza. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Alaska and other state flags on Cushman Street bridge over the Chena River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Dredge buckets as sculptural objects? June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. June 17, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Dr. Marshall Lind, Chancellor of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks<br />talking about the university system philosophy. June 17, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Dermot Cole on Fairbanks history. June 17, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />The starting and ending point. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Demonstration of short take-off and landing along the Chena River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />At eye level on the 3rd deck of the sternwheeler. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Dog mushing demo at Susan Butcher's place along the Chena River. The log house is for the dogs. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Dog mushing demo at Susan Butcher's place along the Chena River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Reindeer or caribou. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Reindeer or caribou. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />The clear Chena River and the silty Tanana River waters mixing. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska. River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />A fishing camp on the banks of the Tanana River. The contraption in the water is a fish<br />wheel for catching salmon. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />A fishing camp on the banks of the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River - salmon air drying. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River - salmon air drying. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />This is the Discovery III that we travelled on. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />Joyce in a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />River boat trip on the Chena and Tanana Rivers.<br />In a replica of an Athabascan village along the Tanana River. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pioneer Park.<br />Art Center. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pioneer Park - Gold Rush Town, a street of relocated log cabins.<br />Michelle Bartlett, Eric Edelstein, Joyce, and Pam Johson. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pioneer Park - Gold Rush Town, a street of relocated log cabins. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pioneer Park - Gold Rush Town, a street of relocated log cabins. June 17, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pioneer Park - Gold Rush Town, a street of relocated log cabins. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation run by five people.<br />Bill Holman and Joyce. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation.<br />Phil and Helen Bremmer, Eric Edelstein, Arn Lau, Mr. May, and Joyce. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining operation. May 18, 2004 - Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />May family placer gold mining facility.<br />Joe Villarreal and Fae Herbert in front of a front loader. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Joyce readyt to enter the permafrost tunnel. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Permafrost tunnel. 20 degrees Farenheit. We saw ice lenses and prehistoric bones<br />embedded in the permafrost. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Felix Pedro monument.<br />He was the first person to discover gold in the Fairbanks area. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Creek in which Felix Pedro discovered gold,<br />and in which someone is still trying to recover some more. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Creek in which Felix Pedro discovered gold. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />This mine employs 400 people year round. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Our Interhostel group. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Each terrace is 25 feet wide and 50 feet deep.<br />This is an ore mine. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Joyce. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />This enormous crusher is filled with five inch steel balls to crush the granite ore<br />so the gold can be extracted. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Arn, Carol, Bill, and our Fort Know tour guide listening to the control room operator. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Pam Johnson being photographed with a 21 lb. bar of gold worth more than $100,000. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />It's Joyce's turn to be photographed. June 18, 2004 - Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Eric hamming it up. June 18, 2004 - Near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />The oil pipeline here running above the permafrost. June 18, 2004 - Near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />The oil pipeline.<br />A "pig" inserted into the pipeline, along with the oil, to clean and monitor the pipe. June 18, 2004 - Near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />The oil pipeline.<br />The pipeline goes underground where there is no permafrost. June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks suburbs, Alaska.<br />Our dinner hosts' house (work in progress). June 18, 2004 - Fairbanks suburbs, Alaska.<br />Our dinner hosts, Greg and Susie Zimmerman. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens.<br />Jan Hanscom talking to our group. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens.<br />Columbine. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens. June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens.<br />California poppy? June 19, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Georgeson Botanical Gardens.<br />"The Crab" by Catherine Zuelsdorf. June 19, 2004 - Musk ox farm, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. June 19, 2004 - Musk ox farm, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Musk ox skull. June 19, 2004 - Musk ox farm, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Dragonfly. June 19, 2004 - Musk ox farm, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Musk ox. June 19, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Sculpture in Bill Holman's and Michelle Bartlett's front yard. June 19, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Birches in Bill and Michelle's back yard. June 19, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Mark Fejes taking with Joyce at his studio. June 19, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />One of Mark Fejes sculptures outside his studio. June 19, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Weather info in lobby of Bridgewater Hotel. June 20, 2004 (~12:15 a.m.) - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Joyce, Egils, Carol, June, Helen, and Jim after the 10K run/walk. June 20, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Part of Fairbanks power generating plant. June 20, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Over the Yukon River, Alaska.<br />Stevens Village. June 20, 2004 - Approaching Coldfoot, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Coldfoot, Alaska.<br />Our pilot. June 20, 2004 - Coldfoot, Alaska (55 miles north of the Arctic Circle).<br />Joyce admiring the plane we flew here. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska.<br />Jack, a local resident, explaining his lifestyle. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska.<br />Jack's house with wolf skulls and a vegetable garden. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska.<br />On Jack's property. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska.<br />In Jack's house. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska.<br />Jack's wood supply for the winter. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Wiseman, Alaska. June 20, 2004 - Coldfoot, Alaska, about 55 miles north of the Arctic Circle.<br />Former site of a goldmining community. Then a camp for highway construction and then for the pipeline construction.<br />Now mainly a service and rest stop for truckers using the highway between Fairbanks and Barrow. June 20, 2004 - South of Coldfoot, Alaska.<br />The Dalton Highway and the pipeline. June 20, 2004 - Near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Fort Knox gold mine. June 20, 2004 - Near Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Fort Knox gold mine. June 20, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Midnight landing. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Geophysical Institute.<br />Dahlia. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Geophysical Institute. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Geophysical Institute.<br />Jaimie Reisch, earthquake expert, with Joyce and Eric Edelstein in back. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Geophysical Institute.<br />Lenny Kamerling talking on films about Native Alaskans. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Geophysical Institute. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />"Denali" by Christian Martens, 1980, stailess (a 1 percent for art commission). June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />"Totem" by Bernard Hosey, May 1986, painted steel (approximately 30 feet tall). June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Museum.<br />Polar bear. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Museum.<br />Masks. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Museum.<br />Story knives. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Museum.<br />Bison. June 21, 2004 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Museum. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it.<br />Top view of Eric Edelstein. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />Bob and Fae Herbert. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />Helen and Ken Harkins. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />Jim and Carol Buquo. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />Helen and Phil Bremmer. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />Bill Holman and Michelle Bartlett, our trip leaders. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Farewell dinner, or the last supper, as Bill referred to it, at the Bridgewater Hotel.<br />The farewell cake with Bill's photo of the whole group at Denali National Park on it. June 21, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Golden Heart Park at 10:15 pm. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />Moose. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />A butterfly on the headlight of our rental car. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />North Fork of the Chena River. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />On the Angel Rocks Trail in the Chena River State Recreation Area. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />On the Angel Rocks Trail. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />On the Angel Rocks Trail. June 22, 2004 - Along the Chena Hot Springs Road.<br />On the Angel Rocks Trail. June 22, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Creamer's fields. June 22, 2004 - Fairbanks, Alaska.<br />Creamer's fields.