August 15, 2010
Drive to Chena Hot Springs
Chena Hot Springs is north of Fairbanks, an easy drive on paved roads.

Cow Moose
The road to Chena Hotsprings is one of the easiest places in Alaska to see a moose.

Ice Museum
Inside this refrigerated building is the ice museum and cocktail lounge where you can have a drink in a goblet carved out of ice.
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Chena Hot Springs Outdoor Pool

Gold Panning Lesson
Every responsible Alaskan mother teaches her daughters how to pan for gold.
Steese Highway To Circle City
The drive to Circle City is much longer, and very little of it is paved.

Davidson Ditch
Nope, not the Trans Alaska Pipeline. This is a Davidson Ditch Siphon. No longer in service, the ditch was built to provide water to gold dredges in the Fairbanks area.

Hiking 12-Mile Summit
The highway crosses 12-Mile Summit and Eagle Summit on the way to Central and Circle City.

Eagle Summit

Northern Wheatear At Eagle Summit

Yukon River At Circle City

Northern Hawk Owl Just South of Circle City

Savannah Sparrow At Eagle Summit
Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay

Morning at Camp Before Heading North

Dalton Highway Sign
Guess we're not the first one here.

Pipeline Descending Toward The Yukon River

Yukon River Bridge

At the Arctic Circle

Nice Spot to Boondock

Camping at Marion Creek

Bear Sign on Hike to Marion Falls

Another Boondocker

Dall Sheep At Atigun Pass

Caribou on North Slope

Caribou Hunters Camping Near Prudhoe

Arctic Caribou Inn at Prudhoe

Prudhoe Bay Drill Rig

Equipment Waiting for Winter

Wading in the Arctic Ocean