THE LAST FRONTIER: On a quest to find the real Alaska through its untamed places, from remote glaciers to pristine bays where orcas hunt
Tim Johnson
TR AVEL I AL A SK A : THE L A S T FRONTIER
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As we rise up the flanks of the Pacific Coast Ranges in a helicopter, the chopper thumps its way onto a land of snow and ice, blue and white, snow caps and glaciers, leaving behind the sun-dappled boreal forest of an Alaskan summer in the Knik River Valley below.
Knik River Valley
Riding next to me, an amiable husky named Harris looks out the window at the sweeping scenery, seeming to appreciate it as much as the rest of the chopper’s passengers. As we near our landing spot on the Colony Glacier, I can feel
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