Marcia and I at the Alaska Pipeline. Half of the pipeline is underground and half is above ground. This point in the line is 450 miles from Prudhoe Bay, the starting point, and 350 miles from Valdez, the ending point, where it is transferred to ships.7/19/10 – Monday: The morning was spent on a bus tour of Fairbanks. The highlight of the tour was time spent at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum where we learned more about Alaska’s natural history and many cultures in a resource rich environment. We also saw a video explaining the Northern Lights. After lunch, a buffet at the campground, we headed out to the Alaska Pipeline, then on to the El Dorado Mine. There we boarded a narrow gauge train and traveled to a working gold mine where mining techniques are demonstrated by local miners. We stopped in a permafrost tunnel where we were show historic drift mining methods. After a short course in panning, we all panned for gold. I panned $17.00 worth which I had put into a pendant for Marcia.
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