Impossible Places: The Most Extreme Corners of Planet Earth | 4K Travel Documentary

[Robert W]

Earth is massive. And mysterious. We will see in the video presented, a litany of exciting places we can't ever explore ourselves. Some are located where we are not welcome. Did you know about the world's highest post office? Where is it? What about villages constructed on steep mountains that are closed for 6 months per year? This documentary is very informative. Enjoy it should you watch it.

 

[jackflash]

Earth is massive. And mysterious. We will see in the video presented, a litany of exciting places we can't ever explore ourselves. Some are located where we are not welcome. Did you know about the world's highest post office? Where is it? What about villages constructed on steep mountains that are closed for 6 months per year? This documentary is very informative. Enjoy it should you watch it.

I've experienced temperatures of -30F in the general area of Fairbanks, North Pole & Eielson AFB. I never made it north of the town of North Pole(thank God!) but further north the weather often drops to -60/-70F. The Aleutian islands were considered the end of the earth by our crew(s). Not as cold during the SHORT work season as it was up @ the Eielson AFB when we worked up there(winter). The Aleutian island of Attu seemed to have a depressing aura to it for our crew, not just the island of Attu but everything to do with that entire geographical area just gave us the heebie Jeebies(endless gray salt water in all directions/plenty of gray skies also.) If it had not been for the Attu Station(Casco Cove CGS) & the presence of our U.S. Coast Guard personnel in the vicinity of Massacre Bay, we most likely could not have psychologically been able to remain out there for six weeks. I never returned with that crew taking a shop Foreman job in the S/E sector of the city of Anchorage. So yeah, I have been to @ least one of the "ends of the earth". I read several years ago about the Coast Guard even pulling out of Attu as well, after the demo work was completed to the environmentalist loons satisfaction.

 

[Robert W]

I've experienced temperatures of -30F in the general area of Fairbanks, North Pole & Eielson AFB. I never made it north of the town of North Pole(thank God!) but further north the weather often drops to -60/-70F. The Aleutian islands were considered the end of the earth by our crew(s). Not as cold during the SHORT work season as it was up @ the Eielson AFB when we worked up there(winter). The Aleutian island of Attu seemed to have a depressing aura to it for our crew, not just the island of Attu but everything to do with that entire geographical area just gave us the heebie Jeebies(endless gray salt water in all directions/plenty of gray skies also.) If it had not been for the Attu Station(Casco Cove CGS) & the presence of our U.S. Coast Guard personnel in the vicinity of Massacre Bay, we most likely could not have psychologically been able to remain out there for six weeks. I never returned with that crew taking a shop Foreman job in the S/E sector of the city of Anchorage. So yeah, I have been to @ least one of the "ends of the earth". I read several years ago about the Coast Guard even pulling out of Attu as well, after the demo work was completed to the environmentalist loons satisfaction.

I never have gone to Alaska but my dad worked in the Aleutian Islands on navy jobs during WW2 and over time gave me information on those islands.

During WW2 I saw in Oakland, CA a Japanese Zero that was picked up by a crew and it was studied and displayed around the USA.
Turns out it was Dad as Foreman who picked it up and put it on a barge he told me.

Dad and his crew recovered this Japanese Zero when he worked at the Aleutian Islands.

 

[jackflash]

I never have gone to Alaska but my dad worked in the Aleutian Islands on navy jobs during WW2 and over time gave me information on those islands.

During WW2 I saw in Oakland, CA a Japanese Zero that was picked up by a crew and it was studied and displayed around the USA.
Turns out it was Dad as Foreman who picked it up and put it on a barge he told me.

Yeah, that tail end of the Aleutian chain of islands are called the "NEAR ISLANDS". Your Dad was no stranger to the more EXTREME weather for sure. The Coasties told me they have taken 80 foot seas out there around the Aleutian islands. We took a crew cab pickup truck & trailer down to Juneau(had to go through the Yukon to get to the port of departure). Once on the ferry we were heading south to Juneau on that inland sea route. I had the top bunk in a tiny room for two people to sleep. Sometime during the night I was heaved against the pull up rail on the outside of the bunk as the ferry was not just "rolling" on the water but violently lurching(?).

In the morning when the cafeteria was open we headed there for breakfast. I mentioned to a waitress about the rough seas & she said to me that we took 18 foot seas. I could not believe what I was hearing her say. I mean I immediately remembered that Coastie officer telling me about the 80 foot seas they went through. That's when I realized just how rough the seas can really be. Below; one can see the ferry TUSTUMENA that we took to get us to Juneau. There is an image of a four bunk cabin so U can imagine how small our two bunk cabin really was. The "Tusty" looks to have been modernized since I/we were passengers on her back in 2001/2002.

Vessel Profile: MV Tustumena - Alaska Marine Highway System

Official vessel profile for the MV Tustumena, an AMHS mainline ferry serving Southwest Alaska.

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