Alaska Blog 6
Nome
I’m in Alaska travelling with an LPTV film crew making a program for the forthcoming Roads Less Travelled series with National Geographic. I’ve been east of Anchorage across Prince William Sound to McCarthy-Kennecott and the Wrangell-St Elias National Park, now I’m heading north to Nome.
Way north, my flight goes via Kotzebue, just north of the Arctic Circle and Nome is not far south. This time of year it barely gets dark. At the end of my stay in Nome I’ve come to a firm conclusion: Nome residents (the male ones at least) may all have beards, but none of them are more than 12 years old. This is a town for racing around on ATVs (four-wheelers), performing crazy stunts on ski-doos (if you go fast enough you can effectively water ski on them) or just get out for those three essential Alaskan pursuits: huntin’, fishin’, shootin’.
I have a great time in Nome. Some highlights:
Canoes beside the Pilgrim River
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I’m in Alaska travelling with an LPTV film crew making a program for the forthcoming Roads Less Travelled series with National Geographic. I’ve been east of Anchorage across Prince William Sound to McCarthy-Kennecott and the Wrangell-St Elias National Park, now I’m heading north to Nome.
Way north, my flight goes via Kotzebue, just north of the Arctic Circle and Nome is not far south. This time of year it barely gets dark. At the end of my stay in Nome I’ve come to a firm conclusion: Nome residents (the male ones at least) may all have beards, but none of them are more than 12 years old. This is a town for racing around on ATVs (four-wheelers), performing crazy stunts on ski-doos (if you go fast enough you can effectively water ski on them) or just get out for those three essential Alaskan pursuits: huntin’, fishin’, shootin’.
I have a great time in Nome. Some highlights:
Canoes beside the Pilgrim River
Click here for more
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