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Aug. 12th, 2009|12:08 pm |
So, this weekend I travelled further north on the planet than I ever have before. It wasn't super-far north or anything, It was just above the 60th parallel, which is still 500 miles south of the Arctic Circle, but it was still pretty far north for me. And it also had the advantage of being in the Yukon. There isn't all that much in the Yukon to go see, outside of some mountains and forests, and Whitehorse makes Juneau look like a teeming metropolis, but it was still worth it to say that I've been to the Yukon. Plus I went swimming. who else here can say they've been swimming north of the 60th parallel? Not you.
Speaking of swimming, I learned that Alaska isn't the best place to shop for bathing suits. If you are coming up here to go swimming, you should probably bring your own suit with you. I'd imagine that this advice holds true whether you are considering swimming in Alaska or the Yukon. |
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