Namuhla kufanele sikhulume ngakho esinye sezifunda ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni: i-Alaska. Abaningi bethu bazi lo mhlaba kuphela kumafilimu noma kumadokhumentari futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza ngemuva kokubona lezo zithombe asishiywanga sicabanga ngemvelo yaso yasendle, cishe ngendlela eyiyo.
Indaba ithi abaseMelika bathenga indawo yase-Alaska kwabaseRussia, ngakho-ke ebalazweni iCanada icindezelwe phakathi kwe-United States naleloya lizwe elikude nelisha kakhulu le-Confederate elakha leli zwe elisenyakatho. Namuhla sizokhuluma ngakho kude enyakatho ye-Alaska, indawo engavakashelwa kangako kepha enhle kunazo zonke uma ufuna ukuzwa iplanethi njengoba yayinjalo ngaphambili.
Alaska
I-Alaska yisimo sokuthi nabantu bendawo bazi ngegama le- Izwe Elikhulu. Indlela esheshayo yokufika lapho yindiza njengoba amadolobha amakhulu, i-Anchorage, iJuneau neFairbanks, enezikhumulo zezindiza ezinkulu. Ukusuka lapho, izinkampani ezincane ziphethe ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zomoya emiphakathini ekude kakhulu, emadolobhaneni nasezindaweni zombuso, ngokwesibonelo enyakatho.
Ukuhamba ngaphakathi kwendawo kufaka phakathi ukundiza, ukuthatha izitimela, ukushayela noma ukuhamba ngomkhumbi. Singaze sithi okungcono kakhulu ukuhlanganisa zonke lezi zindlela zokuhamba ngoba yileyo ndlela i-Alaska yangempela ehlangabezana nayo. Uhamba ngasolwandle ngasogwini, undize phezu kwezintaba noma ucabange nge-tundra engonakalisiwe ngefasitela lesitimela.
Kunemigqa eminingi yezikebhe ezizimele enikeza ezokuthutha kanye nohambo kodwa abantu bendawo bavame ukusebenzisa i-Alaska Marine Highway System noma i-AMHS, a isikebhe senethiwekhi Ihlanganisa amachweba angama-25 esifundazweni futhi ithutha abantu, izithuthuthu, izimoto namabhayisikili futhi inemizila eminingi. Yinkampani yomphakathi exhuma i-Inside Passage, iPrince William Sound, iKenai Peninsula, i-Kodiak Island kanye ne-Aleutian Islands.
Izikebhe zinamakamelo, ungahamba ebusuku futhi ulale ezindaweni zomphakathi etendeni lakho. Vele, uma uya ehlobo kufanele ubhuke ngoba kuningi ukuvakasha kwangaphakathi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma ulwandle noma umoya akuyona into yakho futhi uthanda ukushayela khona-ke ungahamba imizila futhi uzoba namathafa amahle aqinisekisiwe.
Ngesitimela ungasebenzisa ithuba le- imizila emibili yesitimela lapho: i-Alaska Railrod kanye ne-White Pass & Yukon Route. Lesi sakamuva sisuka eSkagway siye eFraser futhi sesineminyaka engaphezu kweyikhulu sazalwa ngezikhathi zeGold Rush.Esinye ngesesimanje futhi sisuka eSeward siye eFairbanks simisa e-Anchorage, Wasilla, Talkeetna naseDenali National Park. Imininingwane: Awukwazi ukufika e-Alaska ngesitimela esivela eCanada noma kulo lonke elase-United States.
Far North Alaska, enyakatho ekude ye-Alaska
Uma uthatha imephu bese ubona izwe, uyabona ukuthi iningi labantu lisondelene kakhulu nomngcele weCanada nasogwini lwasePacific. Ngale kwayo isenyakatho o KuseNyakatho Ekude njengoba besho lapha. Akulula ukufika lapho, kepha uma ulinga, ikusasa likuklomelisa ngokuhamba phambili ukubukeka kwamachibi, izintaba, i-tundra namanzi e-arctic ongakucabanga.
Inyakatho ekude ye-Alaska inayo futhi namasiko omdabu futhi kuyafana amadolobha amabili amakhulu, iBarrow neNome, uhlangana nabo. Inyakatho yindawo lapho ilanga alikaze lishone phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo futhi lapho kubonakala kungaphumi ngokuphelele ebusika futhi. Yindawo yezilwane zasendle okungajwayelekile ukuzibona kwezinye izindawo futhi indawo enhle kakhulu yokubona i-caribou kanye namabhere we-polar.
Ifike ngendiza isuka eFairbanks, kuyindlela ejwayelekile kunazo zonke, kepha futhi ungathola izindiza ezisuka e-Anchorage. Izindiza zifika ezindaweni zokuhlala engishilo ekuqaleni ukuze siqale ukukhuluma ngazo. Yini nge I-Barrow? Kuyinto a isigodi somdabu eskimo kakhulu, kuncane kakhulu, okutholakala ngenhla kwe-Arctic Circle, Amakhilomitha angama-531, futhi iyindawo yokuhlala esenyakatho kakhulu e-United States. Ngabe uyawathanda ama-Eskimo? Yisiza.
EBarrow ungaqala ukuvakasha ngokuvakashela i- Inupiat Heritage Centre ukungena kwawo kubiza amadola ayi-10 futhi kukufundisa kancane ngamasiko nezinkulumo zawo zobuciko. Kuvulwa kusukela ngo-8: 30 ekuseni kuye ku-5 ntambama bese kuvalwa isidlo sasemini. Ukwazi okuthile okwengeziwe ngendawo ongayenza khona Uhambo lweBarrow Walking okuwumgwaqo onezitobhi ezingama-28 ezenziwe ngebhasi.
IBarrow inesiko lomkhomo futhi umzila wabavakashi unezindawo zemivubukulo nezendabuko, izikhumbuzo, izindlu ezindala, amachibi amahle, ipulazi, indawo yamathuna amadala kanye nesiteshi se-whaling zendabuko. Kuhle ukuya ehlobo, phakathi kukaMeyi 10 no-Agasti 2, okuyilapho odumile ILanga laphakathi kwamabili.
Nome Kuyisiphetho sokuthi ihlala emaphethelweni eNhlonhlo yaseSeward oLwandle iBering. Yindawo engcono kakhulu yokuhambela izihambi nomthandi weMvelo futhi kubonakala sengathi Kukude ngangokunokwenzeka ukuya e-Alaska ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ngokuphelele ukunethezeka kwezwe lanamuhla.. Kuyinto idolobha elincane elizungezwe izindawo ezinhle kakhulu, ezinamasiko omdabu nabantu abanobungane kakhulu.
Nome yamila esandleni segolide ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX kodwa namuhla abahambi bakhangwa izimangaliso zabavakashi futhi abasalifuni igolide. Ufike ngendiza yemizuzu engu-90 esuka e-Anchorage (enye yezindiza ihamba iqonde kanti enye yenza okungenani ukuma okukodwa emzileni), futhi lapho uma ufuna ukubona okuningi kufanele uqashe imoto bese ushiya ngenye yemizila ebangelwe ukusuka eNome.
Izwe elingenazo izihlahla ngakho-ke ukubuka kulahleka emkhathizwe, emifuleni yamanzi aneqhwa namakristalu, kumabhishi esihlabathi esimhlophe esimangazayo netundra ekhuphuka iwele kahle. Isimangaliso. Kwakungazi ukuthi ungaba kanjani idolobha elikhudlwana, ngalezo zikhathi zegolide, ngakho-ke uma usuka edolobheni ubona izinsalela zomsebenzi wezimayini yonke indawo. Thatha ifosholo nepiki ngoba nakhu ungakugcina okutholayo mhlawumbe igolide alikakaqedi lapha ...
Kunemicimbi emibili ikakhulukazi yezivakashi: ukufuduka okukhulu kwezinyoni okwenzeka ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo nomjaho wesihlibhi sezinja ngoMashi. Isikhathi esinconywayo sokwazi uNome izinsuku ezintathu ngakho-ke umuntu angaya emuva naphambili ngohlelo lwayo lwemoto ngemoto eqashiwe. Entwasahlobo isimo sezulu singcono bese ungenza okungenani imizila emithathu, eyodwa ngosuku.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ngezithombe ezihambisana nodaba akukho kungabaza ukuthi enyakatho ekude ye-Alaska yizwe eliyigugu ngalowo mqondo wegama, kuwufanele wonke amamitha ngobuhle bawo obuqhumayo nobungeke ulibaleke.