Alaska 2017 - Skagway, Seward (Part 3 of 4) | Dog Sledding 阿拉斯加旅游
4th port of call - Skagway. Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Joined shore excursion 'Dog Sledding and Glacier Flight-seeing by Helicopter. After a thrilling helicopter flight over spectacular glaciers, we landed at a dog camp on the Denver Glacier. Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier on the North American Continent. It is located in the U.S. state of Alaska and also in Canada's Yukon Territory. Standing at 11,000 ft above sea level, it is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska with an open calving face over 6 miles wide.
Seward - port of disembarkation. Seward is a port city in southern Alaska, set on an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula and is a gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park. Explore Seward downtown and waterfront at our leisure. joined the last Shore Excursion Kenai Fjords Cruise With Lunch And Airport Drop-off to explore Kenai Fjords National Park on a sightseeing cruise with lunch on board. After the cruise, return to Seward for a scenic drive to Anchorage.
Alaska Travel Adventures: Historic Gold Mining & Panning Adventure in Juneau
Catch gold fever and experience what it was like to seek your fortune during Gold Rush days! Learn to pan for gold (and keep all you find!), and discover Juneau's colorful mining heritage for yourself.
Head out with a prospector/guide in authentic 19th-century dress for a historical tour of Juneau including the state capitol. Then, turn up the road to Gold Creek and Last Chance Basin, where Joe Juneau and Richard Harris struck gold in 1880.
In a beautiful, secluded setting near a waterfall alongside Gold Creek — only accessible under our tour's special permit — your prospector shows you how gold panning is done. Then, it's your turn, as you learn how to expertly work the pan with helpful tips and advice. You can choose to pan in the creek, or in the waist-high demonstration trough. Every one of all ages and those with limited mobility can learn how to pan and capture the full gold-rush experience. You're guaranteed to find gold! And, all that glitters is yours to keep.
Around you are remnants of the original buildings of the Alaska-Juneau Mining Company, which at the height of production was the largest operation of its type in the world. You'll learn about the mining techniques that were used, and more about the quest for gold that is so much a part of Alaska's history.
Take home a souvenir Orelove Brothers Gold Claim Certificate, all the gold you find, and an appreciation of what is was like to seek your fortune in the wilds of Alaska more than a century ago.
Dog Sled Adventure, Juneau Alaska
June 2014, we took the Era Helicopters to the Norris Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Up there is a dog camp with 180 sled dogs who live there in the summer.
Song: Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
What to expect: Gold panning tour in Juneau Alaska
Alaska cruise vacation May 2017
Sheep Creek, Juneau, Alaska Dog Sledding
This video was taken while touring a Dog Sled Summer Camp...one of the excursions offered by Princess Cruises' Alaskan trip. I opted for this tour in Juneau on a wet day, but it was a blast nonetheless. The musher is Abbie West. I highly recommend letting her give you a ride with her adorable dogs. Notice how quiet the dogs are while running and doing what they love most...race on cosmic canines!
3rd Trip to the Gold Rush Cabin in Fairbanks Alaska
back for a 3rd time at the old gold rush cabin in Fairbanks Alaska
and finding more gold rush relics
Gold Panning, Sled Dogs & 40 Below
Your adventure begins as you board your motorcoach for a ride through the historic streets of downtown Skagway to the Klondike Gold Fields. Once there, meet your guide and watch a video presentation introducing you to the dogs of the Klondike Gold Rush and highlights of what winter dog sledding is like today. Meet and interact with the Iditarod sled dogs and their puppies, stopping first by the checkpoint tent with your musher. Here you'll be introduced to all the gear a musher and dog team takes with them on a long distance race. Your musher introduces you to the team and then hooks the dogs to a sled to demonstrate a run for you. After layering up step into the cold chamber and experience the cold of an Iditarod race in a 40-degree-below-zero room!
Afterwards, get ready to warm up with a little gold fever! Learn the art of panning for gold and practice your technique in warm water troughs. Gold is guaranteed! After you've hit pay dirt, weigh your fortune in The Gold Parlor. Use your free time to visit The Gold Shack and The Unexpected for Alaskan gifts and souvenirs. Take in a brief film of the northern lights, our dredge or Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush. Stroll the grounds and enjoy the interactive displays and surrounding scenery.
Note: Stay past your departure time, and Klondike Gold Fields will provide you a ticket for a shuttle ride back to your ship or town. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes from the Klondike Gold Fields.
Shore Excursion - Mushers Camp & Dog Sled Discovery
Discover the thrill of riding a sled pulled by a team of Alaskan Huskies, cuddle up with the adorable puppies and learn about Alaska’s state sport! Visit this authentic summer training camp for professional mushers and their sled dogs, many of which have competed in the world renowned Iditarod and Yukon Quest races. Your journey begins with a scenic drive through downtown Skagway and along stunning coastline to a musher’s camp in Dyea Valley. Hop into a multi-purpose 4 wheel drive vehicle for an adventurous ride into the rainforest and up the mountain to the dog teams.
Prepare for take-off! Get in your wheeled summertime sled for a thrilling ride as 16 Alaskan Huskies pull your sled down a zigzagging mile long trail through the rainforest! After your ride meet and take pictures with your dog team. Sit back and relax to learn more about the dogs care, races and equipment. Cuddle up with some cute husky pups and watch them hard at play in their special playground. A crackling fire and a unique gift shop round out your visit.
Juneau, Alaska
Alaska, known as America's last frontier and the North Star state, is home to frozen landscapes and towering mountain regions. Juneau, the state capital, is one of the southernmost Alaskan cities in a region known as the Inside Passage. Fjords, glaciers, and icebergs dominate the seascape, attracting glacier hikers, kayakers, explorers, whale watchers, and other thrill seekers. Many cruise lines offer Alaskan cruises and begin at Vancouver Island and go as far north as Glacier Bay National Park, giving tourists a view of the seas not seen from land. One of the most popular tourist areas in Juneau is the Mendenhall Glacier, known for it's ice caves and glacier trekking opportunities. A beautiful temperate rainforest surrounds Juneau, offering gorgeous hiking trails through the mountains, rainforests, and leading to many glaciers. The state capital is also known as one of the hotspots during the Gold Rush era and preserved its history along an area called the Perseverance Trail.
Alaskan Cruise | Skagway: Sled Dogs and Train Rides
Our second day was a perfectly rainy day spent in Skagway where we played with sled dogs and rode a train through the Klondike.
Music: Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
Suspension Bridge Juneau, Alaska
Suspension Bridge in the middle of a zip line course.
Shore Excursion - Skagway Klondike Family Experience
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Immerse yourself in Alaskan history and adventure in an experience that your entire family will enjoy. This exclusive tour gives you full access to all of the venues at the Klondike Gold Fields and includes a family challenge at each of the stops. A specially trained, dedicated guide will accompany you throughout the tour. You'll meet an Iditarod musher who presents the history of Alaska's state sport and the role of sled dogs in the Gold Rush. Meet the dog team and watch them exhibit discipline and enthusiasm in a demonstration sled run. Here you can interact with the dogs and even hold the puppies.
Feel the cold of the north with the 40-Below Experience. Layer up and enter a cold chamber with your guide to get a feel for what it's like at these ultra-low temperatures. Visit the brewery for a tour and see the brewing process. Choose to sample three homemade micro-brews or homemade root beer. At the Klondike Grill buffet you'll get a smoked barbecue lunch including wild Alaskan salmon, various meats, and side dishes. Get an inside look at the inner workings of the dredge. Learn the art of gold panning from a prospector in an entertaining and informative demonstration. Test your luck and practice your technique in heated water troughs. After you've hit pay dirt, weigh your fortune in the Gold Shack.
At each point in the tour, your family will be given an opportunity to find something, do something, and learn something. Your completed Family Prospector booklet, with stamps from each stop, provides you with a souvenir of your experience here. Winners of each challenge will receive a special prize. At the end of the tour, your family can stake your claim by tacking a wooden medallion with your name it, on a panning shed. In addition, you can purchase t-shirts and pins to show that you now own a piece of gold history in Alaska.
Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp - Puppet Show
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Music: Campfire Song by Chris Haugen
Alaska Day 5 Juneau, Trail, Mendenhall, Whales
Alaska Travel Adventures: Gold Creek Salmon Bake in Juneau
A feast as grand as Alaska itself!
The Gold Creek Salmon Bake is an event that's been grilled to perfection for more than 30 years. Savor an all-you-can-eat adventure, in a unique outdoor environment you'll find nowhere else.
Arrive at a beautiful setting, in lush rain forest alongside a creek, under translucent domes that protect you from the elements, rain or shine. Savor the aroma of wild salmon, grilling slowly over fires of fragrant alder wood. And settle in for a feast for all your senses!
The sumptuous spread has something for everyone. Choose from grilled salmon, Cheechako Chicken, Chilkoot Baked Beans, Tongass Wild-Rice Pilaf, Gold Rush Potatoes and a robust selection of other sides, salads and beverages. Beer and wine are available for purchase, and vegetarians, take note — there's plenty to tempt your palate! Come back for seconds, or thirds, while a local musician sets a festive mood. And, just when you think you've had enough — bring on the blueberry cake for dessert!
After dinner, roast marshmallows over a campfire. Stroll through the forest to lovely Salmon Creek waterfall. View the remains of the Wagner Mine and try your hand at panning for gold. Visit the trading post to purchase a souvenir gold pan or other memento.
There's plenty to do, and shuttle buses run regularly, so your visit can last as long as you like. Don't return until your tastes have been satisfied — and you're filled with great memories!
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Travel Tips: Skagway Alaska
Hi this is Kristina Hathaway from Hathaway Vacations In this short video, I'm going to give you 3 things to do in Skagway Alaska.
Here we go! Tip #1: Skagway City and White Pass Summit
Begins with a guided mini-coach tour of Skagway’s Historic District. Journey up the scenic Klondike Highway. Along this glacier carved valley are glaciers, thundering waterfalls, majestic mountain vistas and pristine wilderness.
Tip #2: Yukon Jeep Klondike Adventure
You'll head out to follow the same valleys and summits of the Trail of '98. Your small group of explorers will journey into the Yukon Territory, tracing the famous routes taken by the hearty gold prospectors in the late 1800s. You'll be driving your Jeep into the very setting of the fabled gold rush legends.
Tip #3: Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp and Salmon Bake
You'll feast on freshly grilled filet of wild Alaskan salmon. You'll then learn the art of gold panning and be set free in the Liarsville gold fields, where you are guaranteed to find that precious metal that drove men and women wild with gold fever!
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Skagway Alaska Dog Sledding
Amazing dog sledding
Alaska Bound Salmon Creek hike Juneau Alaska
A great hike up to the power station just north of Juneau, Alaska. A good couple of hours with light snow falling but not another hiker to be found on the trail. Hiked up Christmas week 2011.
Historic Gold Mine & Pan For Gold
Ready for adventure? Drive to historic Last Chance Basin and trace the route taken by Joe Juneau and Richard Harris in their pursuit of gold 100 years ago. Find yourself at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine and start panning for gold.
Catch �gold fever� and experience what it was like to seek your fortune during Gold Rush days! Learn to pan for gold (and keep all you find!) and discover Juneau�s colorful mining heritage for yourself. Head out with a prospector/guide in authentic 19th century dress for a historical tour of Juneau, including the state capitol, en route to �Last Chance Basin�, where Joe Juneau and Richard Harris struck gold in 1880. In a beautiful, secluded setting alongside Gold Creek � only accessible under our tour�s special permit � your prospector shows you how gold panning is done. Then, it�s your turn, as you learn how to expertly work the pan with helpful tips and advice. You can choose to pan in the creek, or in the waist-high demonstration trough. Every one of all ages and those with limited mobility can learn how to pan and capture the full gold rush experience. You�re guaranteed to find gold! And, all that glitters is yours to keep. Around you are remnants of the original buildings of the Alaska-Juneau Mining Company, which at the height of production was the largest operation of its type in the world. You�ll learn about the mining techniques that were used, and more about the quest for gold that is so much a part of Alaska�s history. Take home a souvenir Orelove Brothers Gold Claim Certificate, all the gold you find, and an appreciation of what is was like to seek your fortune in the wilds of Alaska more than a century ago.