Fieldtrip to Fairbanks

Thanks to one single almond resulting in a broken tooth while on patrol in Iraq last summer, I earned myself several all expense paid trips to Fairbanks, and a visit to the only Army Oral Surgeon in Alaska.

Fairbanks, about 400-450 miles north of Anchorage, depending on which of the two highways you take.
Nestled on the Chena River, just north east of its confluence with the Tanana River.
The infamous Alaska Pipeline, running over 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Valdez on the Prince William Sound.
We stopped by the Creamers Field, a Waterfowl Bird Refuge on the north side of town.

On the way back we drove by the Matanuska Glacier.