Yukon Territory – Mostly True

My wife and I were fortunate to be able to travel to the Yukon Territory in May 2016. The territory is beautiful. These two photographs were taken about five hours apart on the same day. They show the wonderful variety of landscapes in the territory.

The first photo was taken along the Klondike Highway and shows the beautiful colors associated with the new growth of Spring.

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The second was taken from the return trip on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad and shows the snowy wilderness that most of us probably associate with the Yukon Territory.

View from Train 5

To put this in perspective, the distance from Skagway, Alaska, where our day started, to Carcross, YT, where we boarded the train for the return trip, is about 65 miles. Within about five hours and sixty five miles we experienced these two landscapes. The world is an interesting place.

I admit it. I had preconceived ideas about what the Yukon Territory would look like. For years, I had read books where tough men in heavy parkas and mukluks fought their way through snowstorms and across glaciers in search of gold. Luckily for us, our visit to the Yukon was much less work.

I was blown away by the beauty of the place. I expected wilderness, which was everywhere, but not the fantastic colors- the greens of the shrubs and grasses growing around the rocks, the wildflowers in bloom and that wonderful deep blue sky. It was late Spring so there was still plenty of snow and ice, but the plant life was taking advantage of the warmer temperatures and longer days.

With this particular photo, I love the way the melting ice reflects the sky. I also like the way the stream leads you to the mountains where it finds its beginnings. The Yukon was a fascinating place and provided a great opportunity to photograph some amazing landscapes.

YT Melting Ice

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Yukon Territory, 2016

Melting Ice, Yukon Territory, 2016

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