 Fort
Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks. This is an open pit mine |
 One
of the 150 ton trucks used to haul rock from the mine |
 Drill
holes which will be filled with explosive and two of the drill rigs |
 Shovel
loading one of the big trucks |
 One
of the smaller rotating drums in the mill |
 The
large drum in the mill |
 $88,000
They wouldn't let us keep it. |
 Bush
pilot demonstration |
 View
of Trailbreaker Kennels, home of Ididarod champions |
 Dogs
harnessed to a 4 wheeler to demonstrate how they work. They pulled this
instead of a sled |
 A
working fish wheel |
 Dixie
Alexander giving her demonstration on how to filet a salmon |
 A
native fish camp. The indians used these during the summer |
 Dixie
Alexander and a model with Dixie's fur parka |
 The
Alaskan Pipeline, upright supports. |
 Large
rubber bumper on upright support to prevent pipeline from hitting the
support during expansion |
 Yukon
River bridge, the pipeline crosses the river on this bridge, on the
opposite side from the photo |
 Our
picnic on the bank of the Yukon River |
 The
Alaska Pipeline |
 Finger
Mountain trail |
 The
"finger" on Finger Mountain |
 The
Arctic Circle |
 Tom
positions the red carpet for our crossing |
 Millie
crossing the circle |
 Dick
crossing the circle |
 Feeling
the permafrost |
 The
pipeline rests on supports with teflon on the bottom, they slide on the
gray horizontal support |
 The
Willow Creek store at Joy, AK |
 The
Carlson kids lemonade stand |
 The
Eldorado |
 Water
for the sluice box cascading from the holding area |
 The
train at Eldorado |
 Where
else would you see a sign like this? |
 The
sluice box at the Eldorado |
 Eldorado
Train |
 The
"World Famous" Malamute Saloon, Ester, AK |
 Stage
at the Malamute |
 The
Malamute cast |
 Musk
Ox bull |
 Musk
Ox cows and calves |
 Caribou
mom and calf eating willow leaves. Cows and calves all have antlers |
 Caribou |
 Caribou
and Reindeer. Reindeer on left, Caribou on right. Caribou are
taller and slimmer. |
 Combo
bus and sleeping quarters. This tour group was in the RV park one
night. |
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