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Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice

Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice

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Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice.

The Alaska Railroad is a passenger and freight railroad that operates in the U.S. state of Alaska. It stretches approximately 500 miles (800 kilometers) from Seward in the south to Fairbanks in the north, passing through Anchorage and several other communities along the way.

The Alaska Railroad offers various scenic train routes that provide breathtaking views of Alaska’s wilderness, including mountains, glaciers, rivers, and forests.

Lion Fish Ice Sculpture – Fairbanks, Alaska

Lion Fish Ice Sculpture - Fairbanks, Alaska

Saltwater Safari Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Multi-Block Champion for Realism.

An ice sculpture of a Lion Fish and a tropical coral reef, illuminated at night in a variety of different colors. 

The World Ice Art Championship, is an event held each spring in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sculptors from around the world come to the interior of Alaska to compete in both a small block and large block ice carving competition. 

Winter Solstice Fireworks – Fairbanks, Alaska

Winter Solstice Fireworks - Fairbanks, Alaska

A view of exploding fireworks, in Fairbanks, Alaska on the Winter Solstice. Fairbanks, is medium sized community in the interior of Alaska, in sub-Arctic region of the northern hemisphere. As result it experiences long, cold winters with a maximum amount of daylight on the winter solstice of 3 hours and 30 minutes. And despite the cold weather, winter is the best time of year for fireworks in Alaska because during the summer there is a tremendous amount of daylight, so much so, that people often put black out curtains on their windows to help them sleep at night.

On this particular night, temperatures were around -30 Fahrenheit.