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 or on Alaska Airlines flights into Mudhole Smith Airport. To visit the Childs Glacier drive 50 miles past the airport on a dirt road which follows the old railbed to Kennecott. The value of the copper which travelled from Kennecott to Cordova may have exceeded the value of all the gold mined in Alaska. The Spanish influence in the Pacific Northwest is seen in the naming of Cordova.'))
 or on Alaska Airlines flights into Mudhole Smith Airport. To visit the Childs Glacier drive 50 miles past the airport on a dirt road which folows the old railbed to Kennecott. The value of the copper which travelled from Kennecott to Cordova may have exceeded the value of all the gold mined in Alaska. The Spanish influence in the Pacific Northwest is seen in the naming of Cordova.'))
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. The railroad is symbolic of triumph over challenge. Building the Route was considered an impossible task but it was literally blasted through coastal mountains over a century ago. Tens of thousands of men with picks and shovels and 450 tons of explosives overcame harsh climate and challenging geography to create the railway built of gold in only 26 months but the zenith of the Klondike Gold Rush had passed by the time the railroad was completed. In addition to Engine 73, the WP&YR rail fleet consists of twenty diesel-electric locomotives and 69 restored and replica passenger coaches named after lakes and rivers in Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia. The coach cars are on average 50 years old and the oldest car, Lake Emerald, was built in 1883 and is on the line each day. The White Pass and Yukon Route was designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1994. This is an honor shared by only 36 world civil engineering marvels such as the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, and the Panama Canal.'))
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 as sunlight passes down through the ice. The ice nearer the waterline is more dense than that above it which also makes it appear more blue. The Tracy Arm area covers 653,179 acres 50 miles southeast of Juneau off Holkham Bay and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Tracy Arm is over 30 miles long and is framed by 7,000-foot-high snowcapped mountains and sheer 1,500-to 2,000-foot walls of granite falling into the extremely narrow passage. It offers views of countless waterfalls and glacially carved rock formations.'))
 as sunlight passes down through the ice. Because the ice at the waterline is more dense and clear than that above it appears more blue. The brown areas on the iceberg are debris carried by the glacier as it continues to carve the valley above the fiord. The Tracy Arm area covers 653,179 acres 50 miles southeast of Juneau off Holkham Bay and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Tracy Arm is over 30 miles long and is framed by 7,000-foot-high snowcapped mountains and sheer 1,500-to 2,000-foot walls of granite falling into the extremely narrow passage. It offers views of countless waterfalls and glacially carved rock formations.')){kind=spacer}
 as sunlight passes down through the ice. This iceberg consists of very dense ice and appears more blue. The Tracy Arm area covers 653,179 acres 50 miles southeast of Juneau off Holkham Bay and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Tracy Arm is over 30 miles long and is framed by 7,000-foot-high snowcapped mountains and sheer 1,500-to 2,000-foot walls of granite falling into the extremely narrow passage. It offers views of countless waterfalls and glacially carved rock formations.'))
 as sunlight passes down through the ice. Because this ice is more dense (notice the large globular crystals) and clear it appears more blue. The Tracy Arm area covers 653,179 acres 50 miles southeast of Juneau off Holkham Bay and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Tracy Arm is over 30 miles long and is framed by 7,000-foot-high snowcapped mountains and sheer 1,500-to 2,000-foot walls of granite falling into the extremely narrow passage. It offers views of countless waterfalls and glacially carved rock formations.')){kind=spacer}
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 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1894, the church has been in continuous use. St. Nicholas church has the distinction of being the oldest, continual use Orthodox structure in Southeast Alaska.'))
 Indians. Old Sitka was founded in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov, the governor of Russian America. In 1808, with Baranov still governor, Sitka was designated the capital of Russian America.'))
