Alaska/Yukon 2010

Anchorage, Whitehorse, Fairbanks

Tuesday June 15 through Thursday June 24

Lindsay (a friend and former coworker) and I traveled by rental car from Anchorage AK to Whitehorse YT and Fairbanks AK, then back to Anchorage in June of 2010. This trip included seeing the sun still above the horizon at midnight AKDT in Fairbanks, although the sun did set less than an hour later, then rose again in only a couple of hours. The farthest point north that I had ever been (65.0006 deg N latitude) was also established on this trip. That record was beaten by the trip to Norway in 2015.

Overview

Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank U.S. states map, with the states/territory I/we visited highlighted in yellow. (Close-up of Alaska and Yukon)
All GPS tracks / view map—The whole trip. (May take a few seconds to load.)

Daily tracks

June 15: GPX / view map—flight from Houston to Anchorage, and driving in Anchorage
June 16: GPX / view map—Anchorage AK to Beaver Creek YT
June 17: GPX / view map—Beaver Creek YT to Whitehorse YT and nearby Inn on the Lake
June 18: GPX / view map—Inn on the Lake/Whitehorse YT to Beaver Creek YT
June 19: GPX / view map—Beaver Creek YT to Fairbanks AK (including farthest north point)
June 20: GPX / view map—Fairbanks AK to Anchorage AK
June 21: GPX / view map—Anchorage AK, plus a flight to the west aboard Trail Ridge Air's Cessna 206: N4649U
June 22: GPX / view map—Anchorage AK, including hiking at AK Botanical Gardens, a visit to the zoo, and a bike ride southwest from downtown
June 23-24: GPX / view map—Anchorage AK, plus return to Oklahoma City OK via Houston TX
Waypoints: GPX—mainly hotel locations