We were in Alaska from early May through June 13th in 1992... in Canada
before and after and a a couple of days in the middle since we wanted to
take RIchard's daughter
to Dawson and across the Top-of-the-world "highway"... she had flown in
to spend a couple of weeks.. We tried more than once to get above the
artic Circle on the Dempster - 1989 and 1992. on the last try, in 1992,
the Blackstone river's flooding the Dempster kept us from it. (my
family's river suc:-))
Did you read or see the film "Into the Wild?" excellent but sad - and
it eneded in Alaska a few miles from Denali that year we were both there..
We drove everywhere but did take a couple of ferries with the car.. over
to Valdez across Prince William sound and the little ferry that went
from Dawson to the Top of the world road.. and the ferry between Skagway
and Haines.
The Portage Glacier and the small bergs floating in the lake were well
covered in snow in May 1992.. I didn't like the shots I got that year.
Such wonderful times..
ann
On 2/5/2021 10:43 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Ann, we were at Portage Glacier in late June 1992. Greg's HS
graduation gift was a trip to Alaska. NO cruise ship; 12 landings
and take-offs; 4 train trips; two van tours; and two one-day sails,
one on Prince William Sound close and personal to the glaciers and one
into the Kenai Fjords, plus 980 miles in a rental car, three hikes,
and a white water raft trip out of Denali. Lee was teaching Earth
Science then, and she wanted to be north of the Arctic Circle for the
summer solstice. We celebrated it on the shores of the Bering Sea.
We saw the video presentation in the Portage visitor center, after
which they opened the curtains and the glacier was RIGHT THERE. Greg
and I climbed up on it a bit, searching in vain for ice worms. <G>
Now, one has to take a boat from that visitor center across the lake
to even glimpse the glacier! Climate change is a bitch!
We got so close to Blackstone Glacier that the waves from calving ice
tossed our boat about like a toy. Blackstone was (then at least) one
of the few Alaska glaciers that was still growing.
As to Denali (or Mt McKinley), it is usually shrouded in clouds. I
had to argue with the train company and insisted on taking the train
both north from Anchorage to Denali NP and again south back to
anchorage. We never got a clear view of Denali on the way up, or
during our three days in the park, but coming back to Anchorage it was
out there in all its glory. Greg and I went into the space between
the cars to get a better photo opportunity. We got a fairly good
image, but nothing to compare with Stan's!
I am working on a photo book of a collection of my favorite mountains,
including Denali, Fuji, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Eiger, Mt
Washington, Rainier, Mt St Helens, Devils Tower, and, of course, El
Capitan and Half Dome.
Dan Matyola
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