{"id":20509,"date":"2022-07-30T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T01:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=20509"},"modified":"2022-07-30T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T01:12:28","slug":"alaska-from-the-arctic-circle-southward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/alaska-from-the-arctic-circle-southward\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska\u2014From the Arctic Circle Southward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Several days ago, Sandi and I returned from our most recent trip to Alaska<\/strong>\u2014our first non-road trip since COVID hit. Our goal: the Arctic Circle. From there we worked our way south and ended up in Sitka\u2014the extreme SE corner of that vast land. We traveled by air, water, rail, car and bus and snapped a few photos along this varied and barely populated region of America&#8217;s last frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each time we visit Alaska, we can&#8217;t wait to return. Maybe I share some bizarre genetic kinship with the Alaskan salmon who, no matter where he wanders, he is always instinctively drawn back via some mystical attraction to that spot. But unlike the salmon that returns to the same stream where it was birthed, we are drawn to new discoveries. This time, it was the Arctic Circle. However, this was merely the first leg of our journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please enjoy a few of my favorite pics of places we visited to recharge our physical and spiritual batteries away from the craziness of Babylon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Behold the Arctic Circle!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-to-Prudoe-Bay-Arctic-Circle.jpg 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This is the Dalton Highway\u2014the only road that goes north from Fairbanks to the Arctic Ocean. It stretches for hundreds of miles of gravel, washboard roads and boreal and taiga forests like this then into tundra until it reaches the oil fields of the North Slope and Prudhoe Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-003.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-003.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-003-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-003-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-003-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The further north in the Arctic Circle you travel, the fewer and smaller the trees. In some places, the permafrost where the ground is frozen solid perpetually is only a few inches below the tundra. Technically, tundra is technically treeless or it may contain very miniature trees that are more like small shrubs. Beyond that, it is composed of tufts of grasses, mosses and lichens, sedges and small plants including many types of berries (e.g., lingonberry, crow berry, blue berry).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pipeline.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pipeline.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pipeline-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pipeline-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pipeline-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Dalton Highway was constructed a few decades ago for the famous Alaska pipeline and to service the oil industry of the North Slope at Prudhoe Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-boreal-forest-5645.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-boreal-forest-5645.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-boreal-forest-5645-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-boreal-forest-5645-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dalton-Hwy-boreal-forest-5645-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>This is a typical sight in the southern portions of the Arctic Circle. Mountains, clouds and miniature taiga forests growing here as far as the eye can see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5698.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5698.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5698-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5698-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5698-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Lingonberries growing in the tundra in the Arctic Circle. The soil was totally frozen about 14 inches  below this plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5693.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5693.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5693-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Even though the petit and diminutive blue forget-me-not is Alaska&#8217;s state flower, it was the fireweed that was ubiquitous from the Arctic Circle down all the way down to the extreme SE. It&#8217;s literally everywhere and covers whole mountainsides. Next to to the ever-present fireweed, you will often find a constant companion\u2014the  frilly white yarrow flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-004.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-004.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-004-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Finger-Rock-area-004-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>This is one of the few rock outcroppings (near Finger Rock) that we saw in this area of the Arctic Circle. Notice the ever-present fireweed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5656.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5656.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5656-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>When you think of the Arctic Circle, what comes to mind? Eskimos? Igloos? Whale blubber, polar bears, walruses and ice bergs? Well, those sights are further north about another 300 miles! In this part of the Arctic Circle, there are still forests just like this with one type of conifer (black spruce) and four type of deciduous trees (aspen, cottonwood, birch, willow). I didn&#8217;t what to expect when I came here, but my idealistic images of it sure changed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5658-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5658-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5658-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5658-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Here is a close-up of the low-growing vegetation that grows over the top of the shallow permafrost just south of the tundra regions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5726.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5726.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5726-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5726-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>When driving in the Arctic Circle (and we were only in the extreme southern regions of it), one falls in love with the cloud formations, since that is often what you see the most of!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5657.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5657.jpeg 563w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5657-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a final pic of a miniature forest just inside the Arctic Circle only 200 plus miles north of Fairbanks. 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