These are the black spruce trees of the permafrost. They are the only ones adapted to live on the mossy layer above the ice. The shorter the trees, the closer the ice is to the suface. These trees that are pictured could be 100 years old!
This is the area above the Arctic Circle.
These are the planes that flew us back to Fairbanks. The group that flew up in them, took the bus back to Fairbanks.
I sat right behind the pilot. Rick enjoyed watching all the dials from the seat to my right.
The terrain above the Arctic Circle.
A very gray and rainy day.
The bridge from the air over the Yukon River. There's a picture taken on the bridge and pipeline 2 posts before this one. See the mountains in the distance?
The pipeline heading to Valdez.
About to land in Fairbanks.
Seaplane lake at the Fairbanks airport. One of the largest in Alaska.
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