North to the Future

[thør]

There's a plane with two bodies in the canyon. Too narrow for the helo to get down there safely. Hunting season.....

 

[patient1]

Things you learn when you actually go to Alaska: Your sense of scale and judgement of distance is totally fornicated when you get near a glacier, or where one used to be.

Speaking of where glaciers used to be, Is the Ruth surviving because of it's elevation, or is it in quick defrost mode like the Mendenhall?

 

[thør]

Speaking of where glaciers used to be, Is the Ruth surviving because of it's elevation, or is it in quick defrost mode like the Mendenhall?

Remember that Alaska is a big place. The Ruth is in the Alaska Range far from the ocean at about 63°N latitude and the Mendenhall is on the coast at 58.5°N latitude where it's much warmer. All glaciers are getting smaller, but it's not as evident on the Ruth. A trip to Chamonix to see the Mar de Glace will really show what's happening on the Ruth. It's getting thinner in the lower portions. In France, where the huts were once at ice level, there are now huge climbs off the ice to get up to them.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Remember that Alaska is a big place. >snippage<

Really???


I had no idea . . . .

 

[thør]

Really???


I had no idea . . . .

Many people are surprised that it's not off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific. But we Alaskans see things differently.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Many people are surprised that it's not off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific. But we Alaskans see things differently.

And here I had always assumed that it was just you.

 

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Just down the road from home, earlier today.

 

[Noor]

Many people are surprised that it's not off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific. But we Alaskans see things differently.

That just because you have a lot of transplanted Minnesotans up there.
After all we have G.L.O.A.T.

 

[thør]

That just because you have a lot of transplanted Minnesotans up there.
After all we have G.L.O.A.T.

Only because this place is much nicer than Minnesota.

 

[patient1]

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Just down the road from home, earlier today.

Certainly familiar. It just occurred to me that being mid-August, is it autumn in the interior yet?

 

[thør]

Certainly familiar. It just occurred to me that being mid-August, is it autumn in the interior yet?

Not yet. The yellow leaves will be out in a few weeks. Not yet.

 

[Noor]

Only because this place is much nicer than Minnesota.

No doubt it’s cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

 

[thør]

No doubt it’s cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

No nasty muggy heat in summer and no sustained winds in winter.....at Anchorage.

 

[Noor]

No nasty muggy heat in summer and no sustained winds in winter.....at Anchorage.

You get a lot of snow, so I’m assuming it’s warmer. Last winter we had a fair amount but usually it gets too cold too fast to snow.

 

[thør]

You get a lot of snow, so I’m assuming it’s warmer. Last winter we had a fair amount but usually it gets too cold too fast to snow.

Don't always assume.

 

[Noor]

Don't always assume.

I don’t. I do compare temps though

 

[thør]

I don’t. I do compare temps though

Anchorage has a pretty temperate climate.

Once, in a bar in Fairbanks, I had to explain to a salesman from Warroad that he was wrong about his town being as cold for as long as FAI in winter.

 

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[Brains_N_Boobs]

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Just picked up 20 pounds of yum from Nome.

 

[thør]

Musk Ox killed by troopers in OTZ.