Alaska Yukon Trip 14
Day 5
September 26, 2009: Highway 16 hugs the shores of the Skeena river for most of the way once past Kitwanga. After Terrace the river slowly starts to change as it widens. It starts to look more like a coastal inlet than that of a river. The ocean currents back up into the Skeena creating [...]
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Alaska Yukon Trip 08
The only disappointment of this drive is that the highway was narrow and there was no place to stop to photograph the scenery. Finally we rounded the corner and Bear Glacier came into view. Our first coastal glacier! Even in the rain and fog it was spectacular. I can only imagine how much more magnificent [...]
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Alaska Yukon Trip 06
Day 3
August 24, 2009: We have to have one more look at the Bulkley river and the spawning salmon before moving on. We really found the salmon run to be fascinating to watch. Watching these hardy little fish struggle so hard to swim upstream…..up these rapids and falls…..only to die a short time later, really [...]
