Alaska

1. Alaska Presented by Wanda Presnell Alaska

2. Summary Slide • Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter • Alaska Map • Alaska Highway • Fishing • Animals • Matanuska Glacier • Mount McKinley National Park • Santa’s House North Pole • Alaska Snowfall Alaska

3. Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter • Alaskan's don't hibernate like bears; winter's when the fun begins. • Dog sledding • Snowmobiling • Ice Fishing • Hunting Alaska

4. Alaska Map Where I lived, Delta Junction Alaska

5. Alaska Highway • My trip started in North Carolina on paved road, after we got to Canada, we were on gravel roads until after we entered Alaska. • Fourteen hundred miles of icy gravel and mountain cliffs. • Nicknamed the Alcan Highway Alaska

6. Alaska Highway • THE ROUTE: The Alaska Highway begins in Dawson Creek, in northeastern British Columbia, then winds northwesterly through Canada’s Yukon Territory and into the heartland of Alaska. • Delta Junction, Alaska, 98 miles south of Fairbanks, is the official northern end of the highway • Driving distance from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks is 1,488 miles. Alaska

7. Fishing • Pacific salmon • Halibut the size of barn doors • Rainbow trout that weigh 15 pounds • Arctic grayling that slash at flies Alaska

8. Animals • Bear • Moose • Buffalo • Caribou • Reindeer • Wolves Alaska

9. Northern Lights Alaska

10. Matanuska Glacier • Matanuska Glacier in a view from a state recreation site along the Glenn Highway. Fall colors brightened the scene for several mid-September days in the area, about 100 miles east of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway. Alaska

11. Mount McKinley National Park • Sunrise paints the flanks of Mount McKinley with a warm glow in Mount McKinley National Park. • Mt. McKinley is highest mountain in North America 20,320 feet tall. Alaska

12. Santa’s House North Pole Alaska

13. Alaska Snowfall Alaska