Photos from Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America - page 3

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Discovery from Dockside

Note the Line When We Arrived (and the Gray Skies That Persisted Through Our Seven-Day Stay)

Steam Shovels Are Very Rare – Even If Inoperable

Everything Is Well Organized and Self-Explanatory

It Looks Pretty Complicated to Uncle Larry

The Inner Workings of the Dredge Is Outlined

Quite an Engineering Marvel in Its Day

Our Large Group Required Numerous Gold Panning “Experts” to Assist the Neophytes Amongst Us

The Panning Expert, Right, Provides a Small Group Lesson

After Her Story Had Been Told, Our Dredge Narrator (and Her Assistants) Approached the Train to Show All Aboard How to Pan for Gold

Our First Look at the Gargantuan Relic

There Were Dynamic Displays and Reenactors Along the Way

The Train Ride to Gold Dredge 8

Engineering Allowed the Pipeline to Withstand a Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake in November 2002 with Only minor Damage to Supporting Brackets and No Leaks

Our First Look at a Segment of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline

The “Forced to Leave” Timeline for Alaska’s Japanese-Americans During the World War II Era

The Polar Bear with Three Delicacies – (In No Particular Order) Spotted Seal, Ringed Seal and Ribbon Seal

Some Scrimshaw Is Functional as Well as Artful – This a Cribbage Board

Scrimshaw, Is Usually Bone or Ivory Art Created by Craftsmen Using the Byproducts of Harvested Marine Mammals

Arctic Foxes Contribute to the Dynamic by Cleaning Carrion from Wolf and Polar Bear Kills

Alaskan Kayaks Were Made for One Man or a Hunting Party

Gold Mining Employed Various Techniques

(Left to Right) River Otter, Pine Marten and Wolverine

Native Apparel Is Usually Photogenic

The Lynx Is One of the Most Elusive of Critters

Blue Babe, This Steppe Bison, Was Killed by a Predator, as Evidenced by Tooth and Claw Marks, about 36,000 Years Ago in Early Winter, as Evidenced by Its Underfur and Remaining Summer Fat

Alaska Has an Abundance of Minerals

The Potlatch Is an Important Ceremonial or Social Event Where Gifts Were Often Distributed

Sometimes a Totem Symbolized an End unto Itself and Was Allowed to Deteriorate and Rot Away After a Potlatch or Other Ceremony

The Clan System Is Explained and Was Used by the Natives to Prevent Inbreeding

Two of Alaska’s Non-Aquatic Animal Kingdom Icons

These Muskox Were Conditioned a la Pavlov’s Dogs

This Reindeer Fella Was Losing His Velvet

Here’s Why They Came to Alaska (and to Yukon)!

Reflections Decimated This Photograph of a Full Wolverine Parka

Most Museums I have Visited Heretofore Don’t Have a Dogsled on Display

The Shops and Other Attractions Weren’t Too Busy on a Cloudy, Dismal Weekday

A Bridge on the Footpath from the Motel to Pioneer Park Crossed the Chena River

Just One of a Number of Interesting Eateries We Patronized

Just the Cinnamon Roll by Itself Would Make a Meal

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Wiseman wildlife.

Wiseman airport.

Boreal Lodge in Wiseman

Wiseman

Wiseman of yesteryear.

The Dalton Highway.

Support crew all ready.

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