Day 1:

The temperature hovered around -25F to -33F pretty much all day. I won’t bore you with details of my meetings, but instead here are a few photos of Fairbanks the day before winter solstice. Sunrise was at 10:59 AM, and the sun stayed “up” until 2:37 PM. I say “up” because in reality it barely clears the southern horizon.


2nd Avenue in downtown Fairbanks looking west.



2nd Avenue in downtown Fairbanks looking east.



1st Avenue in downtown Fairbanks. The building in the background is the Rabinowitz Courthouse. Photo taken at 9:42 AM.



Cowles Street shortly after sunrise at 11:10 AM.



Mitchell Expressway (Alaska route 3). This becomes the Parks Highway, heading to Denali National Park and Anchorage.



International Arctic Research Center on the left and the Geophysical Institute on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.



Looking west towards the Geophysical Institute on the UAF campus. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system and is a global hub of arctic research.



The University of Alaska Museum of the North. This world-class museum is one of the top rated visitor attractions in the state.



A panoramic of Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley taken from the UAF campus at 11:29 AM.