Here's a glacier:

Here's some sea ice along Alaska's western coast:

It goes on forever:

Here's some unidentified island, wrapped in ice, with a few thin clouds overhead:

But how do I know that's Alaska? This is how:

Soon, we will arrive (8 hours of flight time down, 6 to go).

...it's just some squiggly thing (a river ? ) ... in uninhabited central Alaska.

More squiggly things and a runway of some kind ... also in uninhabited central Alaska.

Say, what's the weather like outside?

Brrr... chilly.

No posting for a week? Something must be going on.

Here's a hint. This is what I was looking at last Monday morning at 11:00 am:

Recognize that skyline? It's NYC.

Here's what I was looking at about 2 hours later.

Recognize that? I know, the clouds make it difficult. Here's a hint: it's named after the same guy as that big river that runs around Manhattan island...

It's the Hudson Bay, partially frozen. It's in Canada. That's the 30,000 foot view.

More to come.