Anchorage

Friday 29th June  The last two days have been mainly occupied with housekeeping and recuperation but we did do a little exploring around town. The town owes much to Captain Cook as he was the first European  to explore the area and Cook Inlet and Turnabout point are named in his honour and of course they have a stature of Cook overlooking the bay and port area.

The statue of Captain Cook in Anchorage

The port of Anchorage receives most of the freight entering Alaska via large barges towed from Tacoma, Washington.  To the north and east we can see the first of a string of dormant volcanoes which link all the way to Russia via the  Alutian Islands. The last eruption was in 1999 and could easily seen from Anchorage. Thanks to the high latitude we are currently getting 19hours and 14 minutes of daylight with sun rising this morning at 4.26 am. And setting tonight at 23.40 pm. Takes a bit of getting used to and we need to keep the curtains closed tight to get a good nights sleep.