Here's a shot of the Unalakleet Post Office from the side. The blowing snow can drift upt 8 or 9 feet against the sides of buildings, very similar to sand dunes crawling across a road.
The area immediately around Unalakleet is realatively flat..there are some larger hills but they are several miles away. Behind the dog shelter, local kids take advantage of a short bank to do some sledding.
For the kids of Unalakleet this is like having the Super Bowl come to town. Despite my objections that I wasn't a musher, many kids insisted on getting my autograph - Title, Ramy's Cousin :-)
Wayne Gretzky....uh, make that John Seibel, Superstation Sports Reporter signs autographs.
Ramy's team resting
A view of the mountains and foothills in Northwest Alaska.
Here's a shot of the mighty Yukon River
I loved the patterns that the Yukon makes as it winds its way to the ocean
Another Ramy supporter, former news anchor - Charles Fedullo, poses with Sandy Creamer.
This is a little out of the subject area, but you find all kinds of cool things spread out across Alaska. The little round object just off the wingtip is a White Alice site near Takotna.
Shaped like a giant golf ball, White Alice was an advanced Early Warning System built by the military to warn the U.S. in advance of a missile attack. Takotna is only four or five hundred miles away from the former Soviet Union.
Ramy's team sleeps in preparation for the final push.
While their friend and master does the same.
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