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The great thing about a journey on the White Pass & Yukon Route is that the trains are long and the route is twisty - which means that if you are nearer to the back of the train, you get great views of the locomotives and the cars ahead as they climb up the mountain on the journey from Skagway (Alaska) to Fraser (British Columbia, Canada) or beyond.
Scenes from a moving train - the Alaskan segment of the journey from Skagway, Alaska, to Fraser, British Columbia, Canada. Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass & Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad runs from Skagway, Alaska, into British Columbia, Canada. These days it operates as a tourist line on the first 67.5 miles of the original 110 mile route.
Feb 24, 2015 White Plains teachers wear red "Respect" t-shirts for Tenure Tuesday.
Ridgeway ES 3rd grade teacher George Tsuji ©maria r. bastone
Expedition aim
The aim of the 2016 challenging trekking expedition to Mongolia is to attempt to summit two previously unclimbed peaks; Nariin Ekhin (3952m) and an unnamed peak (3907m), located deep within Mongolia’s Siilkhem National Park (a.k.a. the Siilkhem B Strictly Protected Area). If weather conditions and time allows, the team will explore this remote western corner of Mongolia further in search of new routes. This is an ambitious and physically demanding expedition