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Flightless Kiwis

@benjamin.still

The tale of a slightly mad plan to drive the PanAmerican Highway from Deadhorse, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina and anywhere else we can on the way.

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Flightless Kiwis
@benjamin.still May 11, 2018, 9:03 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Black and white paddlewheel graveyard

And here's a few black and white images to follow on from yesterday's post, because, as usual we took far too many photos! For those who didn't see yesterday's post , these are images from the paddle…

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@benjamin.still May 10, 2018, 8:28 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Paddlewheel graveyard

Across the Yukon river from Dawson City lie the abandoned, decaying remains of several of the Paddlewheel boats that plied the river in bygone days. These days the river routes have mostly been repla…

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@benjamin.still May 9, 2018, 10:02 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Wide open spaces in the Northwest Territories

Looking back at our photos from driving the Dempster highway to Inuvik in Canada really does just make me want to do the whole thing all over again. There's something magic about those limitless wide…

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@benjamin.still May 8, 2018, 10:43 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: The other road north

When we drove north to Inuvik on the Dempster Highway in Canada, that was the end of the line in the summer. Now there is a year round road further north to Tuktoyaktuk. I guess this extra road means…

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@benjamin.still May 2, 2018, 11:53 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: A few more from Dawson City

It became a bit of a habit later in our travels to take photos of building frontages square on and collect a sort of mosaic or tapestry of images from small towns we visited, now, looking back at pho…

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@benjamin.still May 1, 2018, 7:11 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Dawson City

Dawson City (our first stop in Canada) is a gold rush town frozen in time. It was the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon in the late 1800s. Walking the dusty streets you feel transported b…

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@benjamin.still Apr 30, 2018, 7:45 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Top of the World Highway

The vast, wild expanses that stretch to the distant looking out from the narrow ribbon of road that is the Top of the World Highway reminded us just how far we had to go on our journey. At this stage…

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@benjamin.still Apr 29, 2018, 10:48 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: The pipeline

Alaskas 800 mile long Trans-Alaska oil pipeline was a constant roadside companion for the duration of our drive along the Dalton Highway, but we also crossed paths with the pipeline during the rest o…

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@benjamin.still Apr 22, 2018, 8:21 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Midnight Sun on Denali

Denali, the tallest peak in North America towers over the surrounding mountains. Usually with a summit wrapped in impenetrable cloud, by all accounts. We had booked our time camping at Wonder Lake ca…

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@benjamin.still Apr 18, 2018, 8:30 PM UTC

Travel photo archives: Wake up call

"We're gonna start shooting…" Not what you expect to wake up to… Every time I see this photo it reminds me of one of the most abrupt wake-up calls we had on our travels. We didn't want to splash out…

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