February 2010 Alaska trip of Martin Jay Grumet
Here are photographs from my February 2010 trip to Alaska. February 1, 2010 I flew from Boise to Fairbanks. I returned to Boise morning of February 6, 2010 (1:05 AM departure from Fairbanks).
All photographs were taken with a Nikon D90 digital single lens reflex camera. Most were taken with a Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED VR II DX. For a few I used a Nikkor AF-D 28mm f/2.8, and a Sigma 24mm f2.8. I used a Lowepro TLZ 2 case and chemical handwarmer heat packs. I made a lot of use of a SLIK Sprint Pro tripod.
Clicking on the 500 pixel photos will bring up a version that is 1800 pixels long.
Monday February 1, 2010
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
View of Denali/Mt. McKinley from Alaska Airlines 189 between Anchorage and
Fairbanks
Tuesday February 2, 2010
Ranch Motel 2223 S. Cushman Street and the rented Subaru Forester
South Cushman Street
Big Dipper Ice Arena, 1920 Lathrop Street
Moose Mountain Ski Resort appears to have been open for the season but closed
for the day.
Ivory Jack's, 2581 Goldstream Road
Hilltop Truck Stop, Elliott Highway
Hilltop Truck Stop, Elliott Highway
Elliott Highway near Hilltop Truck Stop
Silver Gulch Brewery, Fox
Howling Dog Saloon, Fox
Alyeska Pipeline Visitor Center, south of Fox
Frozen Al Gore, on display at 1410 South Cushman Street with green electric
backlighting in early evening twilight
Parking lot of Felix Pedro Historical Monument, Steese Highway,
looking approximately north at minimum auroral activity
Parking lot of Felix Pedro Historical Monument, Steese Highway,
looking approximately north at minimum auroral activity
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Frozen Al Gore, on display at 1410 South Cushman Street in late morning daylight
Riverboat Discovery III on Chena River
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company 4630 Old Airport Road
Showboat II Show Girls
It just happened to be between Fred Meyer and The Great Alaskan Bowl Company.
McDonald's 3905 Geist Road, now the second northernmost McDonald's in North
America
Northbound Steese Highway splits into the Steese and Elliott Highways at Fox
Wednesday evening public session at Big Dipper Ice Arena
Thursday February 4, 2010
Scrolling temperature display on Airport Way
Pike's Landing and Pike's Waterfront Lodge from the Chena River
Congregation Or HaTzafon (Light of the North) 1744 Aurora Drive,
northernmost synagogue in North America, second northernmost in the world to
Murmansk, Russia
Santa Clause House 101 Saint Nicholas Drive, North Pole (which is southeast of
Fairbanks)
Santa Clause House 101 Saint Nicholas Drive, North Pole
Friday February 5, 2010
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company
revisited with a tripod because an earlier handheld shot was not very sharp
University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Alumni Drive and Farmers Loop Road
Raven at the Harold Bentley Avenue McDonald's
McDonald's 449 Harold Bentley Avenue, northernmost McDonald's in North America,
seen from Hunter Street and Johansen Expressway.
Northernmost in the world is in Finland.
Ebony & Ivory Gifts & Art 535 2nd Avenue
Ice sculpture in front of SpringHill Suites
View from Cushman Bridge of Chena River starting line of the Yukon Quest
International
Sled Dog Race (which would start the next day, 11 AM February 6, 2010).
The race is 1,000 miles long to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
Immaculate Conception Church
Immaculate Conception Church
Tanana River, south of Airport Industrial Road, looking across and downriver