Whitehorse, YT to Kluane National Icefields and National Park
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re told the roads we would be traveling on would be bad. Not so! Most of the roads are good roads, just some better than others. At times we are only able to do 30 miles per hour or less, but for the most part we are traveling around 50 miles per hour - which is our choic
e. We have no desire to put on a lot of miles per day, we only want to enjoy what we are traveling through. There was one area we traveled through that was not enjoyable however. These pictures say it all!
re told the roads we would be traveling on would be bad. Not so! Most of the roads are good roads, just some better than others. At times we are only able to do 30 miles per hour or less, but for the most part we are traveling around 50 miles per hour - which is our choic
e. We have no desire to put on a lot of miles per day, we only want to enjoy what we are traveling through. There was one area we traveled through that was not enjoyable however. These pictures say it all!As we travel northbound we are beginning to glimpse the impressive Kluane Range ice fields. Spectacul
ar! The Kluane Icefield Ranges are Canada's highest and the world's largest nonpolar alpine ice field and it forms the interior wilderness of the park. We stopped at the visitor's center and of course had to see the movie. We try to do this each time as they are very well done and very informative. Today's feature: Staying Safe in Bear Country. This guide for safety told us what to do if confronted with a defensive bear and a non-defensive bear. From their body language you are supposed to be able to determine if you should make noise and scare the bear off, or stand your ground when it charges you. If it follows you and keeps staring at you then you have to remember what kind of bear it is - black or grizzly - and act accordingly. Whether it is black or brown, this means they are going to attack. Then you have t
o fight for your life if it is a black bear or lay down and curl up - play dead - if it is a grizzly bear. The most important part of the instructions is - never, never run from a bear no matter the color of it's fur. So now we have been instructed and our question is this - what makes them so sure that the ordinary person who never encounters bears on a regular basis is going to have the presence of mind to first of all remember all of the differences and second of all have enough nerve and courage to carry them out. 
We stayed in a campground on Kluane Lake - Congden Creek Yukon Government Park - and we enjoyed a peaceful stay with no bear sightings. Tomorrow we will continue our trek northward.
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last picture for today is one I forgot to put in the Whitehorse blog - this is the world's largest weathervane. It is mounted on a rotating pedestal in 1981 and acts as a weathervane, pointing its nose into the wind. It was originally a C-47 and flew transport missions in Asia during WWII. They converted it to civilian life as a DC-3 and it flew for Canadian Pacific Airlines, Connelly-Dawson Airways and a few more before it was decommissioned.
last picture for today is one I forgot to put in the Whitehorse blog - this is the world's largest weathervane. It is mounted on a rotating pedestal in 1981 and acts as a weathervane, pointing its nose into the wind. It was originally a C-47 and flew transport missions in Asia during WWII. They converted it to civilian life as a DC-3 and it flew for Canadian Pacific Airlines, Connelly-Dawson Airways and a few more before it was decommissioned.
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