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Alaska. Presented by Wanda Presnell. Summary Slide. Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter Alaska Map Alaska Highway Fishing Animals Matanuska Glacier Mount McKinley National Park Santa’s House North Pole Alaska Snowfall. Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter.
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Alaska Presented by Wanda Presnell Alaska
Summary Slide • Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter • Alaska Map • Alaska Highway • Fishing • Animals • Matanuska Glacier • Mount McKinley National Park • Santa’s House North Pole • Alaska Snowfall Alaska
Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter • Alaskan's don't hibernate like bears; winter's when the fun begins. • Dog sledding • Snowmobiling • Ice Fishing • Hunting Alaska
Alaska Map Where I lived, Delta Junction Alaska
Alaska Highway • My trip started in North Carolina on paved road, after we got to Canada, we were on gravel roads until after we entered Alaska. • Fourteen hundred miles of icy gravel and mountain cliffs. • Nicknamed the Alcan Highway Alaska
Alaska Highway • THE ROUTE: The Alaska Highway begins in Dawson Creek, in northeastern British Columbia, then winds northwesterly through Canada’s Yukon Territory and into the heartland of Alaska. • Delta Junction, Alaska, 98 miles south of Fairbanks, is the official northern end of the highway • Driving distance from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks is 1,488 miles. Alaska
Fishing • Pacific salmon • Halibut the size of barn doors • Rainbow trout that weigh 15 pounds • Arctic grayling that slash at flies Alaska
Animals • Bear • Moose • Buffalo • Caribou • Reindeer • Wolves Alaska
Northern Lights Alaska
Matanuska Glacier • Matanuska Glacier in a view from a state recreation site along the Glenn Highway. Fall colors brightened the scene for several mid-September days in the area, about 100 miles east of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway. Alaska
Mount McKinley National Park • Sunrise paints the flanks of Mount McKinley with a warm glow in Mount McKinley National Park. • Mt. McKinley is highest mountain in North America 20,320 feet tall. Alaska
Santa’s House North Pole Alaska
Alaska Snowfall Alaska