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A Princess cruise ship brought us here, last stop on our Alaskan cruise.
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Millions of visitors come here every year, mostly by cruise ship, and...
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We're here in the middle of summer. The gold seekers made this...
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But the 19th Century prospectors had it worse. After reaching the top of the...
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Of course, he couldn't take all of this in one trip. There was no...
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As we settled in for the train ride up the mountain, we learned that once the...
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It is truly amazing that anybody made it to the gold fields. Most didn't....
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We're happy to be riding on a train, and not climbing up a narrow...
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Waiting with their provisions to get in line for the first steep climb.
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A long line of heavily loaded Stampeders climbing to the summit with...
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Perhaps the most telling photo ever taken of the extreme ordeal these...
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One of the Stampeders with rifle and back pack. Missing: a year's...
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These men even had their dogs carrying packs.
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We've traveled about 3 miles at this point.
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The Skagway River in thesummer. It would have been a rushing torrent in winter.
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There's the town of Skagway down below. You can see a few cruise ships in...
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A number of riders stood out in the platforms between the cars to get...
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What's that up ahead?
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The Skagway River down below. We've climbed quite a bit since we left the...
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Up, up, up we go.
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We've now traveled 12 miles up toward the top. This was once a stopping...
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One of the interesting bridges we're crossing over.
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The Skagway River.
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A good place for a photo op.
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Fireweed was the most colorful plant we saw.
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