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Summit Lake Dave

Mary Winston 03/25/2023 Artic Adventures, Canada No Comments
Summit Lake Dave

View near Summit Lake, Alcan Highway, British Columbia, Canada Summit Lake Dave Not a bulldog nor a greyhound, a bit short and stumpy, greying hair slicked back from an elongated, leathered face, Dave doesn’t look athletic. Yet he is on

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Dining With Grizzlies

Mary Winston 02/10/2023 Artic Adventures No Comments
Dining With Grizzlies

We spot our first grizzlies fishing along the beach as the float plane carves down to the narrow inland sea at Hallo Bay on the Katmai Peninsula where we will disembark. “The sows often take their cubs to the islands

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Ferry Ride. Dutch Harbor to Homer, Alaska

Mary Winston 02/10/2023 Artic Adventures No Comments
Ferry Ride. Dutch Harbor to Homer, Alaska

During the summer, the ferry runs every two weeks between Dutch Harbor and Soldotna on the Kenai Peninsula, taking 3 days to deliver people and goods to villages along the way.  Vacationing tourists cram on with the locals, presumably coming

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Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Mary Winston 02/06/2023 Artic Adventures No Comments
Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Our prop jet from Anchorage squeezes between two emerald hulks looming from the fog to settle onto the truncated runway at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. It’s a tricky place to land and more than one flight has met a dismal end

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Tatshenshini River. A Diary of a Float Trip

Mary Winston 01/01/2023 Artic Adventures No Comments
Tatshenshini River. A Diary of a Float Trip

Leaving Dalton Post The small armada of three 18-foot-long yellow rafts slide effortlessly above the bright gravel until the river canyon narrows and we plunge into class 3, roiling white water. “Forward paddle”, Kyler yells. We pull into the froth,

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