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We go from Fairbanks to Denali Park on the McKinley Explorer Train
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Train follows the Nenana River
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Refreshments available on train
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Kiki, Bob, Glenn and Dorothy enjoying the view from the Scenadome Car
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Dining room on board
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The observation car. At right in red is Kristen King our tour guide
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Rounding another curve
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Bridge over the Nenana River at Denali Park
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Rafters on the Nenana River
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This is probably a duplicate
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We disembark from the train and spend the night at this resort
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Brown bear and cub seen on our nature tour on the park road
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Caribou seen from the road
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Scenic view of cloud shrouded Mt. McKinley, what a disappointment
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Mt. McKinley seen above the clouds
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Heliport on the Nenana River
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We all board a helicopter to see the area from the air
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Mountain crag
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Flying through misting rain
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Glacier front edge with ice and ground up mountain from above
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Clouds in the Yenart valley
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Close up of crevasse in glacier
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Ice fall in Yenart Glacier
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Mt. Deborah and Yenart Glacier
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Ice pack up higher
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Melting glacial ice forms water fall
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Where the schist hits the fan. The eroding mountain spills out in a fan pattern
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Typical birch forest of Yukon and Alaska. There are millions of acres just like this, “taiga”, forest over permafrost.
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Another enjoyable train ride on the Scenadome car of the McKinley Explorer takes us to Anchorage
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Beaver Dam in birch forest
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