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Alaska Photos: Flightseeing in Denali

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Earlier this week we took a flightseeing tour around Mt. McKinley. Pretty amazing. Click the photos to get the full-screen experience.

We’re in Seward now, a great, laid-back little hippie town right on the banks of Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park. We’re doing an all-day boat tour tomorrow. Earlier this morning, we had breakfast in Girdwood, and took a tram up to the top of Mt. Olympus. Watched a couple of Australian guys paraglide, which was very cool. Maybe next time.

We also went to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, which I’ll now be adding to my list of worthy philanthropies. They nurture injured and orphaned wildlife, with an eye toward releasing them back to the wild. But while they’re there, you can have some incredible close-up encounters. Pics to come.

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3 Responses to “Alaska Photos: Flightseeing in Denali”

  1. #1 |  AK Craig |  August 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Just outside of Seward is Exit Glacier. You can walk right up to it and it is a easy walk. It is awesome if you have the time.

  2. #2 |  law talking girl |  August 21st, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Do you mean to the top of Mt. Alyeska?

    ;-)

  3. #3 |  Kwix |  August 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    “We’re in Seward now, a great, laid-back little hippie town…”

    Sigh. I remember when it was a hardscrabble fishing village. How they times they change.

    Also, the AWCC is working with the ADF&G to reintroduce Wood Bison (the slightly larger cousin of the Plains Bison) to Alaska. The Wood Bison was hunted to extinction in it’s native Alaskan range right around the turn of the 20th century.

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