Flying To Top Of The World Above The Arctic Circle & Over Frozen Ocean On ALASKA Airlines
Flying To Barrow Alaska
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today's adventure begins right here at
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the Fairbanks Alaska airport just got
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dropped
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off right here at departures however
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they were
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cones not going to be able to go in that
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door got to go in the other got my bags
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all packed up ready to go I'm going to
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be heading down to Anchorage as a
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recording of This is Tuesday November
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12th 2024 now I
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am not completely bundled up do not have
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the the the coat hat on don't have my
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gloves on because I'm going to be
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heading immediately inside I was in the
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car ride share vehicle getting dropped
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off going to be going down to Anchorage
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wearing an appropriate t-shirt this
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Anchorage shirt here and from there then
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I'm going be getting on another flight
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and
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going
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north above and past the Arctic Circle
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and I am going to the last spot of
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civilization anywhere in the United
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States not continental United States the
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last airport in the US northward the top
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of the world if you
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will where there are going to be polar
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bears I don't want to see one well I
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want to see one from a distance and I am
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just interested in seeing how the day
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goes this is my flight
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experience to the top of the world
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the top of the US not the continental US
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discover the best ofas so right now I am
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in Fairbanks that is the blue dot flying
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down to
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Anchorage there and then after that
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going up to Barrow airport let me set
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this down next to next to Pepe right
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there and just show where exactly so
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going down to Anchorage and then up all
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the way
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here to bar airport to the town of
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Barrow formerly Barrow now it's called a
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Qui
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Vic a quiet at a Qui
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Vic it this is going to be something I'm
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inviting you to join
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me shall you this is kind of an
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impulsive thing checked out of the hotel
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and I was going to stay another night at
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the hotel and I thought you know what
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let's mix it up a little bit and let's
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head
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to the topest point the northernness
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point got a little Zamboni of sorts over
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there cleaning the cleaning the floor if
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you were to purchase a snow globe you
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can not take that through the carryon
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area you could maybe do a snow globe I
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mean if you just had a globe if it's
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here if you just had a normal glass
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globe the snow is provided here cuz it's
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just always
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snowy there's a there's a greetings from
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Alaska sign up here the cow there's
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literally not a soul in here well take
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that back there's like three people
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there's like someone in front of me and
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then another guy in front of me but yeah
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right that 100% took the cake on the
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nicest TSA folks ever oh here we go
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check this out how about a little North
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Pole coffee all right I got a large
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thanks for supporting local businesses
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Alaskan Maid Right There didn't really
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have room for the K cups in my bag I
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probably could have put them in there
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but just didn't didn't get the K cups
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this is the gate over here gate number
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one right now there's only maybe half a
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dozen people over in this area which is
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nice there's a plane going by now that
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says Everett's air fuel on the side of
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it right there Everett's air fuel
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there's the control tower way over there
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in the snow a little gift shop in here
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called Twigs Alaskan gifts got some
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little souvenirs keep sakes here get all
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your Mose gear oh there we go here's a
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majestic Majestic moose the area that
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I'm going to be going up to so right
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here this is a little little placard
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with Will Rogers face on it so Will
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Rogers ended up he ended up passing away
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his plane ended up crashing into the
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area that I'm going to be heading to
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just on the outskirts over where I'm
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going to be landing about 10 miles
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outside right it's
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arriving can't really see the full
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extent of it another little plane
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landing numbers on the back are n647
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QX all right I am going to be sitting in
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see 12a on the first leg of this flight
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first section
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12a window seat I think towards the back
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of the plane it's not a not a huge
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plane and because it is light out should
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be able to get some good Scenic views at
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least on the first section of the flight
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might be dark on the section second
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section but wait and see
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take a look down and your seat Bel fing
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we should be on our way
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shortly and your cozy seat cushion doubl
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as up location device if necessary pull
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it up up and away from the seat frame
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and put your arms to the straps on the
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other side of
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this is interesting they're going to
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spray down the wings before takeoff
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because snow accumulated on the wings
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I've never seen this done before this is
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very interesting
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thatting things in a way that you
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probably should this is something I've
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never seen before I am out of my element
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here
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right that was freaking cool get imagine
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that job being that Operator just drives
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that thing around look at that look at
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that right there shut
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up man how do you get that job say
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something does that me Wing water
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sprayer down there
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that's I am the most easily amused
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person on Earth I kick you off this I
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kick you off this point
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it's where I am where I'm
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going where I'm going to end up light
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attendant please repare cabin for
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departure too l toate
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it that big bag over my
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shoulder all right I was so proud of
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myself too I sat there I'm sure my
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neighbor
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all right arrived at my connecting
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flight here in
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Anchorage next
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stop top of the
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world pretty much I think it's like it's
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pretty dang close let's just call the
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top of the
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world all right from Anchorage to bar in
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a few airports that have books this one
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has a tea and candy shop and also
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mosquito books there's a bookstore here
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probably not a lot of mosquitoes out
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right now in the state cuz it's so cold
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dang this is
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maybe this before getting on the plane
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to go to an area that has going to have
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a lot of polar bears all right looks
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like this is the plane that's taking me
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where I got to
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go doesn't look too small but also
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doesn't look too big actually it's a lot
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larger plane than I expected to be going
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to such a small little place up there
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Way north of here check out the chains
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on that push back thing there chains on
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the tires so I was reading up on
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Barrow it's located north of the Arctic
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Circle and is one of the northern most
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cities and towns in the world and is the
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northernmost town in the United States
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located at Point Barrow is the country's
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northernmost point check this out this
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is interesting there's like
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boxes going up where the luggage is it's
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almost more like Freight than it is
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luggage so what I was hearing about the
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place I'm
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going groceries are going to be really
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expensive cuz shipping things there is
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very difficult so I would imagine
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they're probably using the bottom of the
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playe where the luggage would be
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is
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also probably just used as like a
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transport vehicle also flight should be
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boarding soon it's definitely going to
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be dark by the time I get there again
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pretty wild what time the
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sun the sun goes down it's 140 now
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boarding is going to begin flight leades
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at 220 I'm going to be sitting in C
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26f so definitely not going to be
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completely full flight
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on board pleas
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this is very interesting a lot of people
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bringing groceries on in fact there was
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like a case couple cases of water going
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up into the check baggage and I actually
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saw some people bringing a few bags of
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groceries and someone even bringing like
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a 36 pack of regular eggs like something
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you get out of like the dairy cooler
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grocery store like a big pack of eggs is
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shortly going to actually be going 300
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mes past the Arctic Circle I've never
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been past the Arctic Circle going way
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past the Arctic
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Circle Serv will begin
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there yeah it is certainly icy and snowy
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down there that's all there is when I
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looked at it's kind of tough to look
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through the windows there there's a lot
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of like either scuff marks or ice on the
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other side so it's having trouble kind
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of looking through the secondary part of
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this window
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snow that little dot over there is the
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Moon
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and the Sun is setting on this side so
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this light is coming through this window
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of the sun setting on that side of the
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plane kind of creates like a neat little
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light effect in here
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incredible I will need everybody seated
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with their seat belt fastened if you
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need to get up use the lavatories put
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away any personal items please take a
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moment now to do
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so once again in just a couple minutes
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the seat Bel sign W be coming on we'll
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be cleaning up the cabin for landing in
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back
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um also just as a reminder we do not
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have cleaners in Barrow so when we do
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come through uh collecting all of your
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service items please uh check those seat
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back pockets uh the area around your
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seat we do like to leave the plane uh
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nice and clean for your friends family
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and neighbors who come on in Barrow so
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uh we can do that with your help if you
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uh make sure to give us all of the trash
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your seat so thanks for your help with
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that and uh as I said the SE time will
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be coming on shortly
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oh that's the Arctic Ocean right there I
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think I think that's the Arctic
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Ocean what the
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unfreaking
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believable there are chunks huge chunks
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of ice out in the ocean look at this but
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in uh
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wow there are like floating huge piles
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of ice in the ocean here to
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unbelievable I see some lights over here
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that must be the
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town this is just this is just so
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overwhelming I cannot believe I'm
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here this is a long way from
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Florida and a long way from the
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southernmost point in Key West which
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I've been
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to wow look this is just a floating a
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freaking huge floating pile the Bison
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again my apologies is very difficult to
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focus the window cuz there's just so
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much something on the other side of the
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window is not wanting to cooperate
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all right went over the Arctic Ocean did
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a uturn and now Landing off of the
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Arctic Ocean into Barrow
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Alaska one of the highest Northern
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places that you can go
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anywhere in the world
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un freaking
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believable I am honestly at a loss for
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words other than just saying oh what
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what holy cow the plane just slid plane
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just slid across
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ice oh my gosh I felt the wheels of the
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plane slide
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sideways oh
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wow wow what is this
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we got to get off all those stairs to
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exit this
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goodness
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woo all right all
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right okay
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this I just landed 300 Mi north of the
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Arctic Circle in the frozen tundra
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of the farthest Northern place in the US
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and one of the farthest Northern places
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that you can arrive at in the
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world I did it oh my
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God
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hello oh went through here so
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everything's in one little room check in
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check out got the TSA over there it's
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all in this one room entrance Annex
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here's the check bags say bag look
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people are
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bringing toilet tissue on everything's
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so expensive
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right there's the R I guess not it's not
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right Pride share but there is a shuttle
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service right there that's the one is
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Tak me to my Top of the World
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it's
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snowing it's
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brisk it's actually not as windy as I
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was thinking it was going to be I
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thought it was going to be windy out
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here but I'm all bundled up got my cap
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on got the coat hat on got the little
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facial covering
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there and there's the freaking Arctic
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ocean right in front of me right
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there I'm not walking on Sand to go to a
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beach I'm walking on
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snow and there are two whale bones right
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there look at
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this two whalebones
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here which I guess would be their
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touristy photo
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spot woo okay now the wind's coming in
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now the wind's
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kicking oh yeah getting some gust
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now now I'm feeling it there's a light
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on over
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there there's someone in
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there that's weird
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I do not know what's going on over
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that looks to be
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like like a skull or something I don't
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know what that
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is so I was talking to the
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driver and he goes oh you might want to
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if you do any
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exploring might want to wait till the
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few hours of daylight tomorrow don't go
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out now
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because I want to
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walk down to the beach now there's a
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little bit of an elevation here I don't
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know how soft that is I don't know if
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there's holes there I don't know how
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deep the snow is but it is
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unusual seeing an ocean where there's no
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Rippling waves it's just Frozen that is
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freaking
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Frozen that ocean right
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there I o asked him about polar bears
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and he said there are some out on the
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point borrow point out that way he said
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he hasn't seen any in this area
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recently you know I can't tell if it's
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frozen solid or if those ice chunks are
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moving over the water I'd really like to
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go down there
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again it's a little too
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dark hoping to see some Northern Lights
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too not a lot of light pollution out
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here I should be able to see some
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Northern Lights in fact you kind of tell
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maybe right there that might
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be a
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very slight Hue of the northern lights
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right there kind of top of the World
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hotel now if I did run across a polar
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bear I don't really know what I would
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do probably would not end well if I was
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close this
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says we love
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Whalers right here on this dumpster and
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this is the Post Office right
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there seems to be a lot of taxis
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polar
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taxis so I think tomorrow when the sun
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is out for those few
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hours think I'm going to do a little
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exploring till tomorrow because it is
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very
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cold very
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cold a little windy very
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dark so I think I'm going to grab a bite
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to eat there's a restaurant here I'm
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going to get some seafood
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it that seems to be the mode of
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transportation for the
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local be alert for polar bears in the
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winter months they could be roaming in
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packs they may visit Villages remote
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sites or industrial areas during their
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travel daylight is diminishing and bears
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travel under the cloak of Darkness yeah
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that's why I don't need to be out
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walking around right now and here's
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another alert please watch out for polar
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bears be aware of your
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surroundings yeah I think I'm going to
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think I'm just going to relax in my room
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the rest of the evening all right back
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up in my room now got my chicken noodle
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soup here and I got the fries and halet
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sandwich why did I come all the way up
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here to the top of the world well I
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figured I was already in Alaska I was
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already this close why not take the two
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flights and come up here do a little
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exploring
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tomorrow why do it I'll paraphrase I
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badly paraphrase Muppet
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Vision I did it for the
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halit the Vlog is over