North To Alaska

I just got back from Alaska and it was an amazing trip. Not one person I spoke with who lives there wants drilling in Anwar. The Anchorage paper had an unflattering article on Ted Stevens that he is losing his power in the senate.


The pictures here are of Hubbard Glacier which is one of the seven glaciers in the world that is advancing. That does not mean it's growing. On the cruise we had a lecture on glaciers and how the professor described what is happening to Hubbard is like holding and icicle in your hands and pushing to towards an oven. We did see it calf many times while we were in the bay.

The other picture in Denali from a helicopter. We spent a couple of days at Denali State Park and it was gorgeous. They serve fair trade coffee at the coffee shop on the Park. They recyle everything.

We went to the Natural Hertigage Park which depicts the lives on the five indigenous tribes. One of the lectures was that they use everything. They don't waste or throw anything away.

I got the impression that most Alaskans are the same way. Very concerned about the environment, the animals they share their land with and global warming.

If you are in a position to spend the summer in Alaska there are college kids from all over who go for the summer and get jobs at restaurants, bars, hotels and for tours. Do it.