Flying over Kluane National Park

I'm so far behind on posts it's almost depressing. I'm going to skip Alaska for now, because there's too much to write, so I'll start with our flight-seeing over Kluane National Park.

Brandon's boss back home had given him some money, and said he had to use it for a helicopter flight or something. When we were driving past Kluane on the way to Alaska, he decided a flight over it would be cool. It almost didn't happen thanks to car troubles leaving us stranded in Whitehorse for a few days.

We woke up pretty early and headed back towards Alaska to Haines Junction, because taking a flight from Whitehorse basically doubled the price. The plane we climbed into was the smallest we'd been in by 1 seat. It was just 5 seats, including the pilot. I bumped my head on the way in.

Luckily another couple had booked on the same flight, and wanted to do the hour and a half tour. We had asked for the hour and fifteen minute trip, so they bumped us up for free. Saving us something like $100.

The dark lines in the glacier show where two glaciers joined

The flight took us over a number of glaciers, the names of which I can't remember, and on to the ice fields. There was a group of scientists camped out on the ice fields, appearing as tiny little dots.

It was so cool to see the glaciers from the air, and the striations which remain after two glaciers join. Our pilot explained some information to us most of the trip, and we managed to spot a few dall sheep on the bare mountains on our way in to the park.

The scientists camp is in the right side of this picture.

This is probably going to be one of the highlights of our whole trip, it was just so cool to see the glaciers from the air (especially after being in one), and to fly through the mountains.