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From Veganism To Reindeer Steak
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 August 2010
Within two days, I've spanned pretty much the entire culinary spectrum on AOL News.
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On the Riverboat with Princess Cruises
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 17 June 2010
The sun didn’t set by the time we turned in at 10:30pm on our first day of our Princess Cruise. We are in the land of the Midnight Sun after all and we are approaching the longest day of the year. Our trip starts in Fairbanks Alaska where we will be spending 5 days on land exploring America’s Northern most state. Guy Glaeser (pronounced Glacier) our tour guide set up a great day for the early arrivals. Staying in the Princess Riverside Lodge offered an excellent home base for all our excursions and today we set out to explore the Chena River.
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Harder Than It Looks: Panning for Gold in Alaska
Blog: Travelogged - 15 June 2010
After the Riverboat Discovery tour, we headed to the El Dorado Gold Mine in Fairbanks, Alaska, to try to strike it rich at gold panning.
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Fairbanks Riverboat Discovery Tour: Reindeer, Bush Planes and More
Blog: Travelogged - 15 June 2010
The Riverboat Discovery tour in Fairbanks was the perfect “first” excursion to do in Alaska. It gives you a taste of everything Alaskan and leaves you wanting more.
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Nenana Ice Classic
Blog: freewheelings.com - 28 March 2010
The deadline for the 2010 Nenana Ice Classic is just around the corner. The last day to purchase tickets is April 5th. I’ll be grabbing a couple myself. Official ice measurements this past Thursday ( 25 March 2010) were more than 50 inches thick, which is a mark reached only six times in the last [...] This is just a content summary, please click through for the remainder and, of course, the photographs.
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Ice Alaska, The World Ice Art Championships
Blog: freewheelings.com - 8 March 2010
The World Ice Art Championships at Ice Alaska is probably the single coolest thing that I’ve seen in Fairbanks this winter. Ice sculpting underwent a renaissance in interior Alaska in 1988 when organizers decided to revive the spirit of the 1930’s winter carnivals by flying in ice sculptors in from around the world for an [...] This is just a content summary, please click through for the remainder and, of course, the photographs.
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World’s great winter festivals
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 18 January 2010
A cold winter is the rat of seasons. It always appears and most of us greet it with irritation, contempt, whining, even fear. Shouldn’t be the case. Vancouver’s showing off winter fun at the Olympics next month, and even away from ski slopes (or luge tracks), some places save their biggest events for the chilliest [...]
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Alaska Begins
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 8 July 2009
My hitchhiker and I parted ways and I continued on the road north to Fairbanks. My first mechanical issue came in the form of a rusty screw in a tire – getting it patched was easy but it turned out one of the lug nuts was cross-threaded and had to be snapped before I could [...]
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