Sophie Station Fairbanks
1717 University Avenue South Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709, United States
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Flawless first day!
Hello from Fairbanks, Alaska!
Yesterday we flew from Hartford to Minneapolis to Fairbanks. The flights were on time and went just fine. The most interesting part of the flight to Fairbanks were the beautiful clouds we enjoyed over northern Canada. We arrived a little late, and the sun was still up at 8:30 PM (2030). That was pretty cool in …
Off to Fairbanks
Dr. Licciardi (Janiene) has been in town all week, and it has been a crazy week. All the teachers are rushing to leave, and everyone needs health certificates, so we have just been going nonstop, and Saturday was no different. We worked for several hours, then hurried to pack up for our flight out. We were headed to Anaktuvuk Pass for a village …
Gold in them thar hills
Early Start on unfortunately a cold wet grey day. We had a gold mine and paddle boat to look forward to. On the way out we stopped off at a section of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline. 800 miles straight through the guts of the state from the oil fields of Prudoe Bay to Valdez. The story behind it, including technical, financial, environmental, political …
Infinity and Beyond (North to the Future)
Day 2
Glorious day in Seattle, real shame we didn't have enough time to get out and see a bit more, but the flight was 1:40 and we were far enough away from down town that it would take to long. So we went out to the airport to a) work on the blog making use of the free wifi (but the battery let me down) and b) try and catch some of the …
Fairbanks
In Fairbanks we stayed at Sophie Station Hotel The history of Sophie Station is interesting. Construction of Sophie Station Hotel began in 1983 to house the population growth sparked by the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline. However, another historic event led to its final completion: the momentous meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska of President …



