Fort Nelson

Today's blog comes to you from Ft. Nelson (rougly 59 deg lat). It is 11PM, and is alarmingly bright outside. Certainly bright enough to read a book or go for a walk. For someone who doesn't like to go to bed until it's dark outside, this is certainly messing with my mind. Such are the joys of living on a planet with a tilted rotational axis.

Today was our first day driving up the Alaska highway, starting at the famous 'Mile 0'. I find you can read about things, but the magnitude of it doesn't register until you experience them. Like the fact this 2400 kilometer highway was built in 8 months. That's about 10km per day, from clearing the forest, cutting grades, building bridges etc.. Then you think of the fact they had 25000 people here in the middle of nowhere building it, and all the logistics that requires.... food, accommodation, supplies, equipment.