Todays contribution = 33km
Total self contribution = 404+33 = 437km
Total distance = 1369 + 33=
1402km
Distance towards Anchorage from Fairbanks = 561.5 + 33=
594.5 (of 571.2km)
*DING DING DING* LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THE NOT SO GENTLEMEN IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION!!! *DING DING DING*
I thought about going to as our next stop, down the lovely stretch of the Alaskan highway, into our lovely neighbor to the north, CANADA!!! We were going to visit a little place called White Horse, in the Yukon Territory. But I noticed that its over 1200kilometers away. THIS IS ABOUT SMALL SEXY (and achievable?) GOALS. Keep interest high as we go from new place to new place!!
SO INSTEAD, we go to the just as sexy (but even closer) CORDOVA, Alaska!! *bells and whistles*
Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordova%2C_Alaska
Cordova is a small city located near the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound... Cordova was also once the home of a booming razor clam industry -- indeed, between 1915 and 1964 it was known as the "Razor Clam Capital of the World." Historic commercial harvest in this area was as much as 3 million pounds. Returns began declining in the late 1950s, presumably due to overharvesting. The 1964 earthquake effectively destroyed the industry -- in some areas, the ground was thrust up by as much as six feet, exposing the already depleted clam beds. Today the once-thriving industry is all but forgotten even by area residents, though some work is being done on restoring the clam beds.
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Careful everyone! You can shave with these clams!! (ba-dum-tshhh)
Our next location,
CORDOVA ALASKA, is a mere
624 kilometers away!
From Anchorage AK to Cordova = 594.5 - 571.2 =
23.3 km (of 624km to Cordova AK)