Comments on: Traveling Alaska’s Dalton Highway

By: John Lang

John Lang — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:36:10 +0000

Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:56:19 +0000

Great update. Superb photos!

By: Al Cyone

Al Cyone — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:25:57 +0000

Welcome back! And thanks for sharing.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:09:52 +0000

In reply to Michael Napolitano. Haha, that certificate is equally corny! Thankfully we had no condiments, vomit, or other disgusting things thrown at us while crossing. The nastiest thing we got were some pretty horrible outhouses (they're not cleaned during the winter)... to my relief immense mountains of excrement don't really smell bad when it is extremely cold.

By: Michael Napolitano

Michael Napolitano — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:00:42 +0000

Emily, I think they’ve actually toned down the ritual some through the years, but you go from “pollywog” to “shellback”, courtesy of King Neptune. Read about it here:

http://www.coastlines-tanlines.com/sailing-across-the-equator-pollywog-to-shellback/

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:55:08 +0000

In reply to Michael Napolitano. What do they do in the Navy? Throw you overboard? :) They actually rolled out a red carpet for us to walk over. A tad silly, but amusing.

By: Michael Napolitano

Michael Napolitano — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:47:33 +0000

Those are great pix, Emily. Tell me, is there a “ceremony” when you cross the Arctic Circle like the Navy has when you cross the equator? Hope there wasn’t, for your sake!

By: Otto Vondrak

Otto Vondrak — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:45:36 +0000

These are wonderful photos, Emily! I’m looking forward to more from your Alaskan adventure!