North Pole, 9 miles south of Fairbanks

Caged caribou

North Pole, Alaska

North Pole, the home of Santa Claus, (ded Moroz)

I remeber clearly the way to Tok. The sun is unrelenting, nowhere to hide. A very dismal place actually. I wonder how it is in the winter. The problem is that when there are 22 hours of daylight and short trees - there’s nowhere to hide.

Top of the World Highway, over the Canadian Border, Height 1200 meters

Top of the world Highway, 10 pm, August 5th, 2004

Top of the World Highway - a rest stop. An old sod-roofed cabin. This was originally a supply and stopping place for McCormick Transportation Co.

Top of the World Highway. It was a race with time. We were hungry, dirty and tired. We needed a rest. It was 10:15 pm and 80 km to Dawson City on a god-forsaken road

Top of the world Highway, 10:20 pm. There’s a time difference between Canada and Alaska. It was actually 9:20 in Alaskan time. But the sun was on its way down, nonetheless

Top of the World Highway. A mother bear with two cubs running down the highway. Our car is in turmoil. On the one hand I want to get closer, on the other, if the mother bear gets offended, we will be squashed

Dawson City. This ship used to roam the treacherous waters of the Yukon River

This is a licence given to Mrs. Ruby Scott to start what would be known as the very first brothel in Dawson City

The site of one of the brothels is now a famous hotel

The couple looking on the vast waters of Yukon River, Dawson City behind their backs.

Yukon River

Walking along Yukon River. Dawson City (all 10 streets of it) can be seen in the distance

This was the first church built in Dawson

A stuffed wolf in a local museum

Many houses in Dawson and the Wild North proudly display their antlered kills

Old Jack’ museum

This is what his first wooden shack looked like in 1898

You are right! an old food storage shack, elevated  2 meters to protect the food from bears and the such

This is the hotel that we stayed in right at the center of the city

Notice the raised wooden walkways and the dirt covered streets. This is what the whole town looks like. The only bit covered by asphalt is down by the ferry