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March 18, 2012

Fairbanks, Alaska Ice Art Park visit – 2012

Jaguar stalking porcupine I went to the Fairbanks Ice Art park yesterday, where the 2012 BP World Ice Art Championship was recently held. Some nice sculptures there, but I can’t say that I agree...

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March 16, 2012

Tanana Valley Railroad–The Gold Dust Line

TVRR Engine No. 1 at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks When Falcon Joslin, the mastermind behind the Tanana Valley Railroad, began work on the line in 1904, he envisioned a railroad stretching from Fairbanks to...

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March 15, 2012

Hot beat – cool feet! Eskimo dancer ice sculpture – Fairbanks, Alaska

Eskimo dancer ice sculpture in front of Denali State Bank

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March 12, 2012

Cool music – Piano ice sculpture in Fairbanks, Alaska

Piano ice sculpture in front of Design Alaska, an Engineering and Design firm in Fairbanks, Alaska

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March 10, 2012

Fairbanks Exploration Company machine shop kept the dredges running

FE Company machine shop as it looked in the early 1990s When you are in the resource development industry, the infrastructure to support your business needs to be in place before your operations begin....

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March 8, 2012

Angelmorphosis 1 – Changing Ice Sculpture

Late winter is ice carving time in Fairbanks. Right now the 2012 World Ice Art Championship is underway, but carvers have been producing ice sculptures around town since January. Ice angel earlier this month...

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March 6, 2012

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church a reminder of Nenana’s early history

  Traveling through the small town of Nenana, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks, you might get the impression that it is a relatively new community—the fortuitous juncture of the Alaska Railroad, Parks Highway...

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March 3, 2012

Found Art/Earthwork Art – Dredge Tailings in Springtime

Gold dredges have majorly changed the landscape around Fairbanks. At one time or another there have been about eight dredges operating in the area’s valleys. These dredges, which floated in their own man-made ponds,...

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February 29, 2012

Winter Chiaroscura–Fairbanks, Alaska

  I took these photos yesterday after a light dusting of snow. They show the bluff at the base of College Hill at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The bluff overlooks the Chena River...

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February 25, 2012

Leonhard Seppala’s Chatanika cabin–a link to one of dog mushing’s greats

Leonhard Seppala’s cabin as it looked in the 1990s Most people probably aren’t aware that Leonhard (Sepp) Seppala, who achieved fame during the 1925 diphtheria serum run to Nome and popularized the use of...

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