Alaska Yukon Roadtrip

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Our road trip through Alaska and the Yukon territory was an incredible experience. We spent two months on the road in our Volvo wagon. We climbed peaks, came face to face with grizzlies and bison, hiked and camped through the rain, snow and cold. We drove to the end of the most northern highway in America and hiked back country through the tallest mountains in north America. Alaska is a land of such incredible beauty and unlike anything we have ever seen in our travels around the world.



Tundra This is the Tundra north of the Brooks range. This is past the Arctic circle and past the tree line. A beautiful barren landscape inhabited by caribou and musk-ox.

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A family of Musk-ox grazing on the Tundra 2km from the Dalton highway. Musk-ox are ancient creatures from a time when woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers roamed north america

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The Dalton highway runs 666 km from just north of Fairbanks all the way up to the Arctic ocean at Deadhorse. This highway goes further north than any other highway in Alaska.


Self portrait. Exploring a snow cave created by a small glacial stream near the Harding ice field, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska



Fall colours in Denail National Park, Alaska


Untitled An ice tunnel under the glacier at the Harding Icefield.


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Harding Ice field, Alaska



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  1. Anne AndersonOctober 4, 2013 at 1:25 AM

    You've come a long way Marty from 1 driver, three students, three backpacks, two guitars and two amps... all squished into a VW Bug! Nice shots!

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    1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 2:45 AM

      haha ya thanks for all those rides in high school! Playing music in coffee house was probably the highlight of high school for me!

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