Alaska

Arctic Circle

A lot of trouble went into taking this picture, including a rental car that went through hell on several hundred miles of gravel roads to reach this marker

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Barrow

Arriving at the top of the world in Barrow, Alaska, the most northern city on the North American continent

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Arctic Ocean

Fulfilling a dream to touch every ocean in the world, here I am contemplating the beauty of the partially-frozen Arctic Ocean just north of Point Barrow

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Kenai Peninsula

The mountains of Alaska surround you wherever you go; the views to the south of Anchorage are absolutely stunning

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Hatcher Pass

Getting lost in the mountains to the north of Anchorage

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Aleutian Islands

In front of the Reeve Aleutian aircraft just after landing on St. Paul Island in the remote Pribilof group

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Kotzebue

With a whale skull in Kotzebue, an Eskimo village above the arctic circle in the extreme western part of Alaska