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By Brendan Sainsbury 11 May 2021
Outside the window the frigid tundra stretched away to meet the horizon; vast, treeless and unnerving. I was the sole passenger on North America s most northerly bus service, the Dalton Highway Express, as it bumped its way along Alaska s notorious haul road towards the ominously named settlement of Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean. The only other traveller, a laconic Canadian, had disembarked several hours previously at a desolate truck stop called Coldfoot. Since then, the driver and I had been motoring north past the road s last campground, its last outhouse and its last tree (a forlorn looking spruce with a do not cut sign). It was as if I was experiencing an extreme form of social distancing before Covid-19 made it de rigueur.
Ah, the great outdoors. The sun on your face, the wind at your back, and (hopefully) a space to explore with your furry pal. While a walk in the park might seem like the most obvious place in the world to bring a dog, most U.S. national parks have strict rules regarding if and where pets are allowed. Guidelines can vary greatly, so we’ve compiled a list of each one, ranking them from most to least dog-friendly, to help you plan where to take your next parks adventure with your canine companion.
First, a few universal guidelines: keep your pet on a six-foot (or shorter) leash at all times, always bag and throw away your dog’s waste, and never leave an animal unattended in a locked vehicle.
Emily Pennington. (Courtesy of Emily Pennington)
While the rest of us spent 2020 indoors watching TV, Emily Pennington set out to visit every single one of the country s 63 national parks.
The parks and travel columnist for Outside Online made it to all but two parks: New River Gorge in West Virginia, the latest addition to the list, and American Samoa in the South Pacific.
The idea to visit every park started where many big adventures do a breakup. Pennington previously dated an Eagle Scout who took her on her first backpacking trip.
“I noticed that when that relationship had ended, I found myself returning to those same natural spaces and particularly the national parks,” she says. “So it was kind of interesting that the thing that hurt me ended up being the thing that provided the path to healing.”
Temps hit 38 below zero in Alaskan city, setting new April record
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April 10 (UPI) A historic cold blast settling into Alaska this week will send temperatures plummeting far below zero, which could topple century-old low-temperature records in one city and even a longstanding state record.
The severe cold comes at a time when Alaska normally starts to thaw out from brutal winter weather.
Advertisement April is typically the time of year when Alaska is steadily climbing out of the Arctic s icy grip, with average high temperatures rising 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit from the beginning of the month to the end in places such as Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Fairbanks and Anchorage, AccuWeather meteorologist Renee Duff said.