A Photo Tour of the Dalton Highway (Alaska Pipeline Road), June 29, 2008.

ALL Photos © K. Dewey, School of Natural Resources, Applied Climate Sciences, UNL.

ALL Photos © K. Dewey, School of Natural Resources, Applied Climate Sciences, UNL.

The start of the Dalton Highway	The 416 mile Highway is also called "The Haul Road"
The Alaska pipeline	The road is 25% paved, 75% sharp rock, gravel, & mud
The Alaska pipeline along the Dalton Highway	The Alaska pipeline
The Alaska pipeline, maintenance access road	The Dalton highway with huge potholes and slippery mud
at one of the pump stations	the vertical structures are baffles to release heat from the pipeline
Half way to the Arctic Circle, Yukon River Camp	Good news: no dust; bad news, very slippery and sloppy.
But isn't this a name on the sign anyway?	The highway and pipeline wandering across the Arctic
A tor (isolated pinnacle of granite jutting up from the Tundra)	Another Tor
Finger Rock, another Tor	The road was collapsing here from permafrost melting below
Dalton Highway along side the Alaska Pipeline. Click HERE for a larger version	At the Arctic Circle, 3600 miles from Lincoln, NE !!
Oversized load heading up to Prudhoe Bay	contents of the supply load
the rest of the supply convoy.  This road is busy with transportation of supplied all months of the year	Note the very shallow soil profile under the Arctic Tundra vegetation.
CLIK HERE for a larger version of this image	Several "thaw lakes" on the Tundra.  Thaw Lake information
Several "thaw lakes" on the Tundra	Several "thaw lakes" on the Tundra
Several "thaw lakes" on the Tundra	Several "thaw lakes" on the Tundra
The highway and pipeline stretch off into the distance	The highway and pipeline stretch off into the distance
More horrible road conditions following a shower	More horrible road conditions following a shower
More horrible road conditions following a brief rain	What a roller coaster highway
This is an actual stop sign that is activated if a plane is landing at this remote airstrip along the Dalton Highway	This isolated, remote airstrip can be seen to the left of the highway above
The Yukon River	The wood plank Yukon River bridge
Driving this road requires tires that are in excellent condition	After driving the road, cars need to be power washed underneath
At the southern end of the Dalton Highway, headed back to civilization	Our car is coated with a solid layer of mud