Category: Antarctica to Alaska

Monday, 10 June 2019 At sea, Gulf of Alaska, USA Even though it’s the same cruise line and, essentially, the same ship, the first thing to note that’s different about this cruise is that there’s a different type of person on board. Gone are the morbidly obese, the mobility scooters and those that look like… Read more

Sunday, 9 June 2019 At sea, Gulf of Alaska, USA Unbelievably bright blue sky day. This is the life. Absolutely cracking lunch at Chinooks. The salmon are coming upstream now and being caught. Have the freshest, tastiest salmon I’ve ever had. Sockeye, so bright red meat. The trouble with experiencing all this fresh fish is… Read more

Saturday, 8 June 2019 Seward, Alaska, USA   Have to leave Whittier on the hour to take advantage of tunnel access. Low cloud and dreary weather as I leave Whittier but after driving through the mountain, find blue sky and sun the other side. Brief stop at the Portage Glacier visitor centre but you can… Read more

Friday, 7 June 2019 Whittier, Alaska, USA   Have hired a car from Hertz. I say ‘car’, it’s more of a beast. 5.7 litre Dodge Ram 1500 SUV. It’s huge. Even I have to climb up into the cabin it’s that tall. Got some oomph. Shall savour driving this. But first a few odd jobs… Read more

Thursday, 6 June 2019 Anchorage, Alaska, USA   Curtains are useless at keeping out the 24hr daylight. Killing time before the tour of Barrow starts at 1200hrs. There’s not much else to do in Barrow apart from catch up on news for an hour or so on the internet, which is surprisingly fast given how… Read more

Wednesday, 5 June 2019 Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska, USA   0530hrs is way too early to get up to catch a flight. Bleary eyed, board the flight to Barrow, the northernmost point of continental USA. Due to the late booking there was only a seat available in First Class (which is really Business). Boarding gate announces… Read more

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 Anchorage, Alaska, USA   Glorious day but the first half is wasted catching up on admin, such is life on the road. Unlike Fairbanks, Anchorage has a number of interesting things to offer the traveller. Anchorage Museum contains a superb collection of Eskimo artefacts and a planetarium, along with an excellent… Read more

Monday, 3 June 2019 Anchorage, Alaska, USA   Letting the train take the strain again for the 400 mile and 12hrs rail journey to Anchorage. Instead of travelling Gold Class with the cruise ship tourists, have opted for ‘Adventure’ class. Economy. In other words. Now I don’t want you to fret, I’ll be OK. I… Read more

Sunday, 2 June 2019 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA   Leisurely and slow start to the day. That’s the trouble with little celebrations the night before. Taking advantage of the high speed wifi, upload a lot of photos and videos for you, dear reader. There’ll be a flurry of blog posts coming soon. But you already knew… Read more

Friday, 31 May 2019 Coldfoot, Alaska, USA   Up early. Excited. This is it folks. Fasten your seatbelts. The final few miles. To the end of the road. And the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay. This has been the objective for all those months of travelling. Have missed breakfast. Breakfast starts at 0400hrs. That’s not… Read more