I'm Semi-Unretired For The Winter

Maybe 3rdByte / Mark, who lives in Fairbanks, could give us the "Light Report" on conditions up there!

Actually, I just looked in up on Weather Underground, and it's 2.4 degrees F up there, and there's 6 hrs and 43 minutes of visible light with the day being 3 hrs and 59 minutes long.

I'll bet that ol' Sun doesn't get too much above the horizon, and hope there's no mountain range to the South of Fairbanks!

Is this what they mean by "Three Dog Night?"

Ice fishing, anyone?

Joe. (31 degrees F here in Redding, and still kinda cold!) :teeth :thup
 
My guess is our C-brat in the Wrangle Mountains is without cell service and must rely on satellite phone or ham radio, or maybe he’s got a satellite uplink; would be nice to know how things are going.
From working on the North Slope during winter I can attest to the fact he’s still getting a few hours of daylight, just no sunrise.
These remote adventures don’t always turn out the way you planned, hope he’s doing well.
Look forward to a report when he finally establish an internet connection.
 
Me, I'd rather read about it than be there. :crook Lately I've felt a lot like the "Tin Woodsman" and I complain when the house temp hits 64 degrees :sad Come on Summer!!!! :smiled Jack
 
Sea Wolf":1lpn2re9 said:
I'll bet that ol' Sun doesn't get too much above the horizon, and hope there's no mountain range to the South of Fairbanks!
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Joe, the Wrangle Mountains that he is in is south of Fairbanks and actually nearer Anchorage with very near the same latitude. In this mountain group area very localized is Mt Blackburn at over 16000 feet and just south Mt Elias at over 18000 and just over the border in Canada Mt Logan at 19500 feet. When taking the Alaska highway to Valdez you come around these mountains similiar to a horseshoe. One of the most beautiful sites I've seen was coming from Anchorage directly toward the Wrangle Mountains and seeing all these massive peaks shining in the setting sun.

Jay
 
Ken Said:
"HD, have you ever seen the Dick Proenneke video "Alone in the Wilderness" helluva tale"
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Ken, we got to watch it last night on PBS. Really great story. Have been wondering to, how our northern Brat is doing. Sure hope he didn't turn into what his username implies :cry:

Jay, You are right about those mountians. While I was up in Palmer, my friend took me out for several hours of flying and he pointed out those mountians. Big, rugged country, and beautiful.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
hardee":2atvennv said:
Ken Said:
"HD, have you ever seen the Dick Proenneke video "Alone in the Wilderness" helluva tale"
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Flew over his cabin on Upper Twin Lake a couple of years ago in my buddy’s Super Cub, chop on the lake was nasty so we never landed.
Sister in-law and husband flew to his cabin last year and spent the night nearby at the Hope Creek campground.
Wife’s grandma remembers meeting Dick back in the early 60s in Anchor Point where they homesteaded in the late 50s.
Same buddy with the plane worships the guy and owns a copy of his diary along with the PBS documentary.
Proenneke truly was and is an Alaskan icon, most defiantly had his act together when it came to wilderness living.
If you’ve never seen the documentary do, you’ll want to add it your video library.
 
Moose's pic on the cabin fever thread reminded me of this thread for some reason.......I wonder how things are up north...mighty quiet
 
One of the prettiest sights I ever saw was sunrise behind Mt McKinley enroute from Kadena AFB Okinawa to MCAS El Toro June 6, 1969 as I returned to the world from RVN.

Bill Uffelman
In Carson City NV until June
 
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