Skagway is the smallest of the three cities we visited, but it had some of
the most incredible scenery. We took the
White Pass Railroad - up into the
Arctic zone. (This section of Alaska, the water is always too warm - that's why it rains so much.)
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This shot is from our stateroom window - 6 a.m. |
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During our trip to Skagway, we spotted our first glacier. (Not sure which one this is.) |
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The further north we travelled, the cooler (colder!) it got. Still, it was in the low to mid-50s, so it wasn't too bad. |
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Here is a single, solitary island being snowed on. I've never seen anything like this. |
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This peak is directly accross the channel from Skagway. Simply breath-taking. |
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While on the White Pass Railroad, we saw an increadible rainbow. Even the locals thought this was too cool for words! |
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Although this looks like an H.O. model, it's the real thing, on a real wooden tressel. Kinda gives you the willies as you approach it. |
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White Pass is over 4100 feet in altitude - well into the Arctic zone. The color of the water is from the glacier silt. |
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On the bus trip back from White Pass, we stopped at the U.S. Alaska sign. |
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Note - it had started snowing about 20 minutes previous, and was starting to come down hard. |
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