#alaska highway

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Alaskan Highways: A Tourist's Experience. Discover What It's Like to Drive on Alaskan Highways

In this video, I will go over the major Alaskan highways and describe the tourist experience. We will cover: 

Seward Highway, which runs between Anchorage and Seward. 

Glenn Highway, which runs between Anchorage and Glennallen, where it connects with the Richardson Highway, allowing drivers to head toward either Fairbanks or Valdez. 

Richardson Highway, which runs between Fairbanks and Valdez. 

George Parks Highway, which runs between Anchorage and Fairbanks. 

The Denali National Park Drive, which allows travelers to drive 15 miles within Denali National Park. 

Denali Highway, which connects the Richardson Highway and George Parks Highway. 

This video reflects my experience driving these highways during the summer. While the roads are generally well-maintained, I strongly recommend checking and following current road advisories, rules, and restrictions before planning your drive.

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Driving the Alaska Highway at dusk

Taken October 2022

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Alaska Highway in Yukon. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

[rabbitcruiser]

Forest (No. 17)

Alaska Highway, YT

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The Northern Lights hover eerily over the Alaska Highway in B.C.

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TODAY. I. SAW. SO MANY ANIMALS!!!

I promise this is a moose circled here; it was moving pretty fast.

Look at this young caribou!!! Look at them! I assume they're licking salt off the roadside. Same with the sheep below (the second one is landing from a jump behind the guardrail).

I painstakingly took this picture of these swans at Toad River Lodge through my binoculars and I'm quite pleased with myself about it. The sheep promenading along the road there was alongside construction at Muncho Lake.

AND THEN. FINALLY. BISON.

More binocular shots:

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The Alaska Highway in Yukon, Canada

National Geographic - April, 1978

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Soldiers drain water from an ice hazard west of the White River in Alaska, on February 23, 1943. 

Record Group 30: Records of the Bureau of Public Roads

Series: Historical Photograph Files

File Unit: Highways - Alaska - 42-5260 through 43-1482

Image description: Three Black* men stand on an ice-covered road. Two of the men wear hats with fuzzy earflaps and are swinging pickaxes at the ice; the third man, wearing a campaign hat, is watching them. In the background is a truck, pine trees, and lots of snow. 

*I am mentioning race because this photo depicts a segregated military, and illustrates the kind of work that this Black military unit was assigned to do.

Transcription: 

Field No - 00367

FORM 114 Alaska Highway 

No. 43-1446 

State Alaska

Place

30-N-43-1446 Box 70

Description. Negro soldiers draining water from an ice hazard west of the White River. Taken February 23, 1943. 

Taken by Gail K. Pinkstaff. 

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stone sheep hanging out along the alaska highway. stone mountain provincial park, british columbia, july 2018.

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Above: Alaska Highway Roadhouse, Yukon Territory, Canada.

A RARE GLIMPSE OF A BYGONE ERA.

Welcome back. In the past couple of posts, I presented photographs showcasing the remote northern beauty of YUKON TERRITORY along the ALASKA HIGHWAY.

I’m happy to share more of the photography series with an introduction to a bygone era: the ALASKA HIGHWAY ROADHOUSE.  

HISTORY: THE ALASKA HIGHWAY ROADHOUSE.

Many Alaska Highway roadhouses evolved from American military camps built during the construction of the 2,700 kilometre highway completed in 1942. 

It may not look like much, however a roadhouse offered respite from harsh weather conditions with a place to sleep, meals and gasoline, and were spaced no more than a day's drive apart.

THE YUKON TERRITORY SERIES.

Originally photographed in 2015, it’s incredibly interesting to revisit these photographs almost 8 years later, and have the opportunity to perform more work on them. One of the details I’m taken with are the snow-capped mountain peaks. Though it was summer, snow is visible year-round.

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Dawson Creek - Mile 0 of Alaska Highway.

I have always wanted to come here. What a beautiful place!

Again, I am an amateur photographer and take pictures of what makes me happy and share what bring a me joy. I like playing with light and perspective, although I have no real idea of what I am doing. 😎

Oh ... and I haven't seen an Alberta Pool Elevator in decades! So many memories from childhood!

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Matanuska Glacier, Alaska

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Highway views, Alberta to Haines Junction

Taken November 2022

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Detour in Place - August 2023 There is a problem with construction on the Alaska Highway. There is nowhere to go but where the highway was dug through the hills and mountains. That means that occasionally, you end up driving through the construction area. This three mile long nightmare was between Seward and Anchorage. They close the road for two hours to blast at night and then spend the rest of the time picking up the rock and gravel they have dislodged. Needless to say, you drive very slowly through these construction zones. MWM

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Forest (No. 18)

Rancheria Falls Recreation Site, YT

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"Roadbuilders Forge On to Alaska," Ottawa Citizen. October 8, 1942. Page 3. --- Workers on the new "Alcan" military road across Canada to connect the U.S. with Alaska are making rapid progress as they equalize topography by cutting through hilltops such as that shown above.