My "Only In Alaska" Thread

[The Bluegrass Nomad]

Kind of disappointed the Alaskans thought of this before the southerners

 

[Chester Copperpot]

 

[ChrisRac]

Spotted this on an IG page. 4-wheeler delivery to the campsite.

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[Pressure Ratio]

I used to go to Canada every year fishing with my dad. We flew in the Beaver (DHC-2) and Otter (DHC-3) planes to get to our outpost. They still use those plans today even though they were out of production by 1969-1970. They just keep rebuilding and refurbishing them. They are quite the workhorse up north. Those bush pilots are very creative. When everything you need at the site needs to be flown there they find a way to get it there. They are also very talented. Their flight paths are by landmarks and timing, not technology. Most of the landings you couldn't even tell you landed they were so smooth. Other times the wind and chop of the water made for interesting landings. haha

 

[ChrisRac]

Friend took these today at our state fair.

Apparently, monkeys like to ride border collies

 

[IDAFC21]

Fantastic.

 

[SleeperLS]

I would watch that.

 

[slowchevy]

omg

 

[ChrisRac]

 

[Yaj Yak]

that's so awesome

 

[ChrisRac]

Disclaimer - photos aren't mine.

 

[Eagle]

 

[Jfrost]

 

[ChrisRac]

Sun sets on Friday for about a month and a half.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/11/17/barrow-alaska-sunset-winter/94036294/

 

[Eagle]

That's crazy.

 

[ChrisRac]

Luckily, this is about a 6 hour drive north so I don't have these temps. And hopefully I wont.

 

[Mook]

fuck every bit of that.

 

[RICH17]

No fucking thanks to any of that.

 

[FESTER665]

Small cabin with a ton of firewood and you'll be fine... Jump on your snow machine and ride it to work....

I still need to figure out a time to get up to Alaska for a week or two.

 

[Outlaw]

Shit you don't have to go to Alaska for that! This was in Hayward last December and that was after the sun was already up. It was a few degrees colder overnight.

 

[ChrisRac]

Small cabin with a ton of firewood and you'll be fine... Jump on your snow machine and ride it to work....

No fucking way. I'd go crazy stuck in a cabin out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[FESTER665]

No fucking way. I'd go crazy stuck in a cabin out in the middle of nowhere.

I watch all those crazy Alaska shows and love them, just don't know if I could actually do it without going nuts....

It's crazy how dependent they are on the Alaskan Railroad to bring supplies out that way, them machine them over to camp....

 

[Eagle]

Small cabin with a ton of firewood and you'll be fine... Jump on your snow machine and ride it to work....

I still need to figure out a time to get up to Alaska for a week or two.

Absa-fucking-loot-lee

If I went, I might never come back.

 

[PANDA]

Luckily, this is about a 6 hour drive north so I don't have these temps. And hopefully I wont.

I wish we had those temps