Riverboat Discovery Cruise, Fairbanks, June 17, 2001
Arrival at the dock area for the Riverboat Discovery cruise.
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Now we're on the boat, Discovery III. Here's the original Discovery, parked just downstream from where we started.
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Rob's picture: All of Discovery I.
Rob's picture: One of the many nice houses along the Chena.
Rob's picture: Another.
Rob's picture: Another.
A sled dog demonstration at Susan Butcher's kennel, along the banks of the Chena.
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Rob's picture: More sled dogs.
Along the banks of the Chena.
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Some of the sled dogs at the kennel.
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Rob's picture: Some guy's floating trailer thing. Apparently he ran for Governor of Alaska and used this as a floating advertisement.
Approaching the confluence of the Chena and Tanana Rivers.
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There it is - the clear, blue waters of the Chena mixing with the brown, silty Tanana.
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And now we're sailing the Tanana.
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Looking down the Tanana.
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Still the Tanana.
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More.
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A view inside the boat. Everyone here is at least 60 years old.
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Pulling up to see the salmon demonstration.
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A salmon-catching system set up in the Tanana.
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The sand bars left as the Tanana changes its course year to year.
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They brought us ashore at a fake town called Chena Village to see some displays and to hear about Athabascan culture. Here's the riverboat docked at Chena Village.
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Rob's picture: The caribou pen.
Rob's picture: Athabascan hut.
One of the stops was with the sled dogs.
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Here's one of our guides trying on a fancy Athabascan parka.
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There is also a pen of reindeer.
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The village as seen from the riverfront.
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People are getting back on the boat.
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A building at the fake village.
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The boat again.
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Looking downstream from the village.
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Back on the boat heading upstream on the Tanana. Here are some pretty turbulent flows in the river.
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Turning back into the Chena, leaving the silty Tanana.
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The mixing, or apparent lack of mixing, is very interesting to watch.
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Rob's picture: Another really nice house, and like all of the homes along the banks, it was built by a "nice, young couple" according to our tour guide.
Back on shore, here is the sled used by Susan Butcher when she won the Iditarod.
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More on Susan Butcher.
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