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<\/a><\/p>\nSo Buddy is a ginormous Malamute Husky, but unlike the other huskies I know, Buddy is like a big teddy bear.\u00c2\u00a0 Really a tame, and low key dog.\u00c2\u00a0 Sits quietly, and handled flying like a pro.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the down sides to flying with buddy is the fact that he is a husky, and has a lot of fur.\u00c2\u00a0 When he gets warm, he sheds.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is kinda what it was like.<\/p>\n
We headed toward Serpentine flying low over the vastness of the open tundra.\u00c2\u00a0 We had a bit of a headwind, so the flight took longer than it should have.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t mind at all, I was shooting tons of photos out the window.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll post them over in the gallery.<\/p>\n We didn’t see any animals until we got to the hot-springs.\u00c2\u00a0 We had to do a flyby on the little gravel strip by the springs to clear the caribou off the strip.<\/p>\n There had to have been about 50 or so all over the place.\u00c2\u00a0 It was really cool watching them run across the frozen tundra.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the strip was clear Doug brought it in for a landing.\u00c2\u00a0 He didn’t even have to use the skis.\u00c2\u00a0 There wasn’t enough snow to warrant the use.<\/p>\n Serpentine Hotsprings is a really cool place.\u00c2\u00a0 Its down in this bowl surrounded by these rock spiers on all sides.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it would be a great place to go climbing in the summer and fall.<\/p>\n So there was a grant that paid for these buildings to be built back in the 70’s.\u00c2\u00a0 There are two one being a place to sleep.\u00c2\u00a0 Its quite big with three rooms.\u00c2\u00a0 One in the middle, and from the middle room you can go to either side into separate sleeping\/cooking\/eating areas.\u00c2\u00a0 Its set up to accommodate two separate parties at one time.\u00c2\u00a0 So each side has bunks, a fuel oil stove, a Colman cook stove, and a table to eat at.\u00c2\u00a0 From there is a boardwalk that connects you to the other building which is the pool for the hot springs.<\/p>\n The little building you can see off at the end has a bit of an arctic entry way, then the main room in which the pool is.\u00c2\u00a0 It really doesn’t matter much.\u00c2\u00a0 There is so much frost inside from the warm steam of the springs that you can’t get the doors shut very well anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 So I got changed in the main building, and then headed out across the board walk to the room with the pool.\u00c2\u00a0 It was really nice out that day. Not much wind, and the sun was shining down.<\/p>\n The pool isn’t that big, but large enough for a few adults to sit comfortably. You control the temperature by a couple of pipes.\u00c2\u00a0 One is fed directly by the hot springs, and the water is pretty hot.\u00c2\u00a0 There is also another pipe that is fed by a stream, which provides cold water.<\/p>\n . I was really impressed by the amount of frost inside that building.\u00c2\u00a0 One thing that really caught my eye was the thick layer of ice on top of the rafters.\u00c2\u00a0 I was really cool looking.<\/p>\n In fact everything near the springs were covered in frost.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is a wheel barrow that was taken over by frost.<\/p>\n After soaking for a few hours, we hopped back into the plane and headed toward Nome.\u00c2\u00a0 We stopped along the way at a little gold mine.\u00c2\u00a0 Doug knows the people that run the outfit.\u00c2\u00a0 So we landed, and went to see if anyone was around.\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently the miners have a couple of dogs that Buddy doesn’t get along with, so we left him in the plane.\u00c2\u00a0 I shot this picture of him really wanting to join us.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks like he is also trying to fly the plane.\u00c2\u00a0 Kinda funny.<\/p>\n After a quick look up at the main house, we realized that no one was home, and that they were probably over at a different area of their mine.\u00c2\u00a0 So we hopped back in the plane and headed to Nome.\u00c2\u00a0 Along the way we flew over Pilgrim Hot-springs which is really close to Teller and Brevig.\u00c2\u00a0 They just have their pool outside, so its a bit different setup<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n