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High Arctic Day Trips:
Northern Lights, High Altitude Sunrise, an Alaskan Breakfast in the heart of
the Brooks Range. Over flights of Prudhoe Bay and the Great Alaska
Pipeline. Flight-see the Arctic Ocean shoreline and the pac ice
searching open leads for seals, whales and polar bears. Land at a
coastal Inupiat Eskimo village on the shores of the Beaufort Sea.
Sunset over the Brooks Range......These experiences are all possible on our
daytrips to the Alaska High Arctic.
Sample
Itinerary
Price - $675.00 per person.
Prices & dates are
subject to change.
We use Beach 1900 aircraft and
each person has a window seat. Our flight covers approximately 900+ miles.
Weather conditions may have an effect on expedition times, visibility and
destinations. This Expedition is contingent on available seats.
7:30 am - Depart Fairbanks.
Watch for Northern Lights while in route to rustic Bettles Lodge, located in
the heart of the Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park.
8:45am - Arrive Bettles
Optional dog sledding in Bettles. (check for availability) - $65.00
per person.
Enjoy a hardy Alaskan breakfast.
10:00am -
Depart Bettles
Watch the sun come up as we wing our way over the top of the rugged Brooks
Range to descend for an overfly of Prudoe Bay, the origin of the Great
Alaska Pipeline. Twenty-five percent of our Nations crude oil is pushed at 6
miles per hour over the 800 mile route taking it 5-6 days to reach the
coastal terminal at Valdez, Alaska.
11 :30 am - Arrive Inupiat Village
Visit one of several coastal Inupiat Eskimo Villages for a chance to see the
Great Nomads of the Arctic: "NANOOK" The Alaskan Polar Bear.
After lunch and a stop at the Village Store we depart and chase the sun in full retreat to the South. We'll retrace the flying routes of the famous old Alaskan Bust Pilots who opened this land in the 1920's and 1930's.
4:00 to 5:00 pm - Return Fairbanks
Cruising over vast expanses of snow caped mountains, frozen lakes and ~
countless miles of Boreal Forest and Arctic Tundra, we return to Fairbanks.
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