There is only thing more painful than learning from experience, that is not learning.----Alex McGleish. July 28, 2005, Thursday. After leaving Denali we arrived in Fairbanks and picked up mail. This is an organization day. July 29, 2005, Friday. Today is the Artic Circle trip. We flew up in a Navajo Chief, a small plane that seats 10. At the start of our flight it appeared foggy, we later learned this was smoke from a burn in the forest. When lightning strikes in the wilderness of Alaska, it is allowed to burn itself out; unless of course, houses or villages are endangered. Last year 6 ½ MILLION acres of forest burned, it was the worst year on record. Lightning strikes are considered a natural occurrence and as such part of the ecosystem. We observed
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