Alaska Geography 101

Stephen called me from Fairbanks. He had a brief layover there on his way to Barrow this morning. I've provided this map so you have some idea of where these towns are. As a bonus, you can see the location of that much spoken about oil pipeline... (It was the quickest map I could find on the state website that showed the right towns.)

Tomorrow when he returns, he'll have a layover in Prudhoe Bay ("pru-doe"). This is where most workers go who work on the "North Slope". They fly up there for a few weeks at a time, then have a few weeks off back here in Anchorage. The dad of the family Tess babysits for works up there.

In case you were thinking Alaska is just a giant island like Australia... that straight line and all parts on the right are bordered by Canada. Barrow and Prudhoe Bay are on the Arctic Ocean. The Aleutian Chain of islands juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The Bering Sea separates the Arctic from the Pacific. Geography lesson over for today. :o)