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| Beautiful puffin |
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| Amazing variety of starfish |
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| Incredible octopus! |
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| Jellyfish |
We flew to Fairbanks in central Alaska, flying over North America's highest peak (6194m) was incredible. Apparently only 30% of people get to view the top of Mt McKinley due to the clouds that often cover it - this was the first of many views for lucky us!
We started our train journey in Fairbanks heading south through Denali National Park back to Anchorage, with a few stops along the way. We were able to see one of the largest pipeline systems in the worlds - the Trans Alaska Pipeline, it is the only way to get the oil from Alaska's far frozen north to waiting tankers in the ice free port of Valdez. Pretty incredible really.
Fairbanks was the furthest north we were going to be - during the summer it never really gets dark, it was fun to get up throughout the night just to see how light it still was.
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| Flying over Mt McKinley |
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| Alaska's oil Pipeline |
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| an amusing sign! |
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| 12:30am in Fairbanks! |
The Alaskan train first took us from Fairbanks to Denali National Park, through some spectacular mountain scenery. After arriving in the Denali we boarded the bus for an 8 hour tour through the National Park. The photos again will show you just how incredible the interior of Alaska is.
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| The Alaskan Railway |
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| Getting some fresh air! |
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| Spectacular mountains |
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| Caribou! |
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| Beautiful Alaska |
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| There is a bear down there! |
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| Wow! |
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| Mt McKinley |
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| Wow! |
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| Yeah not going for a walk today either! |
Back on the train we headed down to Talkeetna and then onto Anchorage. It was another tough day of amazing scenery and spectacular views of Mt McKinley.
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| Back on board |
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| Traveling through the National Park |
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| more amazing National Park |
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| The usual view of Mt McKinley, it is there behind the cloud. |
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| Afternoon storm rolls through |
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| Sun and rain! Just beautiful. |
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| Mt McKinley through the clouds! |
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| On a boat tour and hike ... another view of the Mt McKinley! |
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| Pretending to be a Moose, looking like a goose! |
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| Being attacked by a Grizzly! |
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| Final destination - Anchorage |
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| Dad attacking a bear! |
Alaska is an incredibly spectacular place - I loved every minute and was so glad to have the opportunity to visit. I would certainly go back!
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