A Dalton Highway Panorama
by Cheryl Strahl
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A Dalton Highway Panorama
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Cheryl Strahl
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Photograph - Photographic Image
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Driving on the Dalton Highway and over the Brooks Range, Alaska, in late September was an awesome experience. From Fairbanks, we were traveling north to Deadhorse on the second day of a four-day road trip, following the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which you can see on the left side of the road.
The Dalton Highway is one of the most isolated roads in the U.S. It is a rough, industrial supply road used by tractor-trailer rigs for hauling almost everything supporting oil-development - and for maintenance of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. It begins 84 miles north of Fairbanks and ends 414 miles later in Deadhorse, the industrial camp at Prudhoe Bay. It took only 5 months to complete the road in 1974. Since there are no medical facilities along the road, travelers are encouraged to bring survival gear with them.
It took us 4 days to drive up to Deadhorse and back to Fairbanks. Along the way, we watched for the zig-zagging pipeline, enjoyed the beauty of the Brooks Range, crossed the wide Yukon River, watched for herds of caribou, musk oxen and other arctic wildlife in the tundra - all the while keeping a safe distance from the rigs barreling up and down the road - which was most often covered by packed snow and ice. We stayed overnight in truckers' camps in Coldfoot and Deadhorse.
This image was composed of 11 vertical images that made up the panorama.
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March 28th, 2020
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