DAY 23: RIVER BOAT TOUR & NORTH POLE

LOG CABIN ALONG THE CHENA RIVER

WE TOOK A RIVER BOAT TOUR OF SOME OF ALASKA'S INTERIOR ABOARD THE "DISCOVERY III"

ALASKAN INDIAN GIRL IN NATIVE HAND SEWN PARKA

"FISH WHEEL" WHICH IS TURNED BY RIVER CURRENTS AND SCOOPS UP SALMON  

FILLETED SALMON HANG ON DRYING RACK

RAIN DEER ARE DOMESTICATED CARIBOU 

PIPER SUPER CUB "BUSH PLANE" PONTOONS ARE REPLACED WITH SKIS IN WINTER
ONE IN SIXTY ALASKANS ARE PILOTS

SOD ROOF FISH CAMP CABIN

DAVIS MONSON HUSBAND OF THE LATE SUSAN BUTCHER, FAMOUS FOUR TIME IDITAROD  DOG SLED RACE WINNER TELLS US ABOUT TRAINING SLED DOGS.  DAVID HIMSELF HAS WON THE YUKON QUEST DOG SLED RACE WHICH STARTS AT FAIRBANKS AND ENDS OVER A 1,000 MILES LATER IN WHITE HORSE, YUKON.

WHEN THERE IS NO SNOW DAVID USES A MODIFIED FOUR WHEELER AS A SLED
DOG TEAMS CAN REACH SPEEDS UP UP 30 MPH

SUSAN BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER IS ALSO  INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS OF TRAINING AND RACING SLED DOGS.  SHE HAS TO "MUSH" 300 MILES THIS YEAR TO QUALIFY FOR THE IDITAROD RACE IN 2012.

DON AT NORTH POLE, ALASKA