HeritagePhoto Wikimedia CommonsJames Dalton Highway
Alaska · United States
DOES NOT GO TO COLDFOOT - But Viator Locator only has Coldfoot. Guests will be on the Dalton Highway from Mile 0 - 115 - The turn around for the day tour is the Arctic Circle Rest Area. This is a full day guided ground tour on the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Circle. Along the way the guide will share the story of Alaska's Arctic both while in motion and at the various stops along the way.
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9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1James Dalton Highway
Welcome, esteemed traveler and dedicated student of the world, to the unforgiving yet utterly captivating expanse of the James Dalton Highway. You are presently standing in one of the most remote, intensely isolated, and…
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Direct your attention downward, toward the immediate physical reality of the surface upon which we are currently standing. This is not the smooth, flawlessly engineered asphalt ribbon typical of the interstate highways you may be…
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Turn your analytical gaze just slightly westward, parallel to the violent gravel corridor we just examined, and focus upon the relentless, highly reflective silver thread dominating the immediate landscape. This is the…
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Elevate your line of sight and direct your focus toward the towering, utterly majestic geological prominence dominating the skyline to the north. This stunning, barefaced monolith rising aggressively from the relatively flat…
Listen in the app5The Edge of the Tie-guh
Let us seamlessly shift our scholarly focus from the towering, inorganic geological heights to the immediate, remarkably tenacious biological community surrounding our current position. We are presently standing deep within the…
Listen in the app6Permafrost and the Frozen Wetlands
Direct your analytical attention to the seemingly unremarkable, low-lying ground spreading out endlessly beyond the immediate gravel shoulder of the highway. To truly comprehend the complex ecology and bizarre hydrology of this…
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Take a quiet, focused moment to carefully scan the vast, open expanses of the valley stretching out before us, ideally utilizing a high-quality pair of optical binoculars if you have them at your disposal. Despite the undeniably…
Listen in the app8The Approach to At-ih-gun Pass
Turn your academic gaze directly northward, aligning your sightline with the relentless trajectory of the highway as it aims toward the looming, seemingly impenetrable, snow-capped wall of the magnificent Brooks Range. This…
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As our deeply analytical, highly focused exploration of this specific, intensely complex segment of the James Dalton Highway gently concludes, I invite you to take one final, lingering, comprehensive look at the vast,…
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What is James Dalton Highway?
James Dalton Highway is a place in Alaska · United States with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Alaska · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 67.8444, -149.8173 |
| Last updated |