• North to Alaska By RV 2021
    A brown bear & display of mammoth tusks welcome visitors to the Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.
    "After the Hunt" (C. Fejes) @ the Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.Blue Babe ... steppe bison roamed AK 100,000 to 10,000 years ago ... Museum of the North — FairbanksGwich'in Athabascan Baby Belt (H. Solomon) ... Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.Effie ... the fossil remains of a very young Pleistocene mammoth ... Museum of the North — FairbanksYup'ik window made of seal intestine ... Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.Skeleton of a bowhead whale harvested in 1963 during the autumn subsistence whale hunt at Pt Barrow.Gwich'in Athabascan moose hide dress ... Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.An "homage" to the "Great Alaska Outhouse Experience" (C.N. Buchanan) ... Museum of the North."Spirit Raven III" (J. Hoover) ... Museum of the North — Fairbanks, AK.

    University of Alaska Museum of the North

    June 7, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    Drained from our tour @ LARS — the sun was brutally hot even though the temp itself was comfortable — we headed over to the UAF Museum of the North for a breather and a bit of cultural experience.

    The museum, located on a high ridge ... with views of the Alaska Range and Denali, is home to some wonderful exhibits ranging from the wildlife of Alaska, to the people and land of the state.

    We spent two hours at the museum ... barely long enough for a quick look-see. But we caught a great many of the featured highlights, including Blue Babe, a steppe bison that’s been dated back 50,000 years; and a 43-foot long articulated skeleton of a bowhead whale that is suspended from the ceiling lobby ... virtually unveiled just a few hours before our visit today.

    The Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery on the second floor is not to be missed ... and we didn’t.

    P.S. I forgot to look to see if Denali was showing herself ... though I did notice that at least parts of the Range were “out.”    Read more