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Yukon Territory - The Dempster Highway

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:03:27 +0100

The brief Yukon summer was over. Even the fall colours had faded from the hillsides. But a friend in Dawson City was adamant: “Nobody should leave this area without seeing the Dempster.” My two-month stint as a tourist-cum-hotel worker in the former gold-rush town of Dawson was finished. A road trip would round things off nicely. Hitching a ride on the 740-kilometre Dempster Highway proved surprisingly easy. I put my thumb out on the first frosty mo...

Inside Passage Kayak Touring

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:33:43 +0100

On the flat icy surface of Alaska’s Inside Passage, sound skips across the water like a stone, distorting distance and betraying those who would move silently through the morning fog. The blow of several orcas filters through the mist and I sense they are near. It is cold this morning and calm. The sun has tried to break through twice without success. The silence is broken only by the cry of a lone eagle taking fish from the litt...

Bärenbeobachtung in Alaska (Deutscher Text)

Administrator — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:54:45 +0100

Alaska ist Bärenland. Ein einheimisches Sprichwort lautet: Wenn Sie keinen Bären sehen, ist er trotzdem nicht weit Schon tagelang kreuzen wir in einer abgeschiedenen Wasserwelt aus mächtigen Buchten, engen Fjorden und lang gestreckten Meeresarmen, die durch eine dichte Inselkette vor den Wellen des Pazifischen Ozeans geschützt ist. Ein unbedarfter Beobachter könnte glauben, wir hätten uns in dieser Wildni...