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Alaska

Presented byWanda Presnell

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Summary Slide

Wild and Wonderful Alaska WinterAlaska MapAlaska HighwayFishingAnimalsMatanuska GlacierMount McKinley National Park Santa’s House North PoleAlaska Snowfall

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Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter

Alaskan's don't hibernate like bears; winter's when the fun begins. Dog sledding Snowmobiling Ice Fishing Hunting

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Alaska Map

Where I lived, Delta

Junction

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Alaska HighwayMy 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

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Alaska HighwayTHE 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.

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FishingPacific salmon Halibut the size of

barn doors Rainbow trout

that weigh 15 pounds

Arctic grayling that slash at flies

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AnimalsBearMooseBuffaloCaribouReindeerWolves

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Northern Lights

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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.

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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.

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Santa’s House North Pole

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Alaska Snowfall

ALASKA SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)

Predicted Actual Anchorage 45 69 Barrow 32 28 Fairbanks 48 68 Homer 47 58 Juneau 52 98 Nome 75 56 Valdez 61 76