Over the next 11 days, I'm going to post a daily digest of memories from my 11-day self-guided expedition last year with Joe Johnson into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was an awesome, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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| Flying over the Yukon River and into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
We flew to the Refuge in a small Helio propeller plane built for 3 people and gear. As we left Fairbanks, the sky was drizzly, but as we crossed over the mighty Yukon River, the sky cleared, giving us great views of an natural unfettered wild river.
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| Brooks Range in the Arctic Refuge from the Helio |
After a little more than 3 hours in the plane we entered the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The rugged mountains of the Brooks Range greeted us. These 126 million-year-old peaks are an extension of the same continental uplift that includes the Rockies. We made a quick landing on a short strip of rocks along the Kongakut River. We unloaded our gear, and watched the pilot take off even more quickly than we landed and fly south. We had arrived in America's largest intact wilderness!
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