Below are some GPS tracks from the 2012 Alaska trip.

First is the route we took driving across Alaska. We started in Anchorage, then went south to Whittier, a small coastal town out of which we took a charter to see tidewater glaciers. For this trip in 2014 we went further south to Seward since (1) Seward is a more interesting town than Whittier and (2) there were no charters out of Whittier during the time we were going to be there.

After Whittier we went north towards Glen Allen to spend 3 days at Matanuska glacier. We will be doing this in 2014 as well!

Our last visit in 2012 was to Fairbanks in central Alaska. We spend two full days having a mini-summer school at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We visited several research sites as well.

After Fairbanks we traveled south by the Parks highway back to Anachorage to catch our flight home.

Above: Alaska travel route.

Above: Two solid days of treking across the Matanuska glacier. The furthest point south is where we set up our weather tower (see older posts on this topic).

Above: Our route out of Whittier to see Blackstone and Beloit glaciers.