- Taylor Highway
- Border crossing
Border crossing between U.S. and Canada - Border crossing
Border crossing closed for winter - Barrow
- Chicken
Chicken Community
In the late 1800's, early miners traveled far in search of gold. Food was sometimes scarce, but a particular area near the South Fork of the 40-Mile River was abundant in Ptarmigan,
now the state bird which bears a resemblance to a chicken (Ah the foreshadowing is thicker than steel.)
The miners kept themselves alive with the help of the Ptarmigan (if you consider being eaten as helping.)
In 1902, Chicken was to become incorporated, the second town in Alaska to do so. The name "Ptarmigan" was suggested. Many people liked the name, but felt the quotation marks were too presumptuous. The name was shortened to Ptarmigan. The only problem was that nobody could agree on the correct spelling. They didn't want their town name to be the source of ridicule and laughter, so they decided on "Chicken." - Barrow Airport
Airplane that brought me to Barrow - Chicken
Gas station in Chicken - Chicken
The only buildings in Chicken? - One Mile Lake
One Mile Lake, Wrangell Mountains - McCarthy
One mile away from McCarthy. I parked car on a river bank and I used tramway to cross the river. - McCarthy
Tramway access to McCarthy - McCarthy Lodge
McCarthy Lodge - McCarthy
McCarthy
Population 10 - McCarthy
Tomasz Hilsberg and two hunters were the only patrons at the restaurant
In the evening I had delicious salmon there - McCarthy
I was the only guest at the hotel
I was given key and asked to select room that I liked
The owner told me however that there was no heating in the rooms, because guests come in summer only
There was a furnace in the hallway only