Alaskan Bush Plane

Fieldwork in Southeastern Alaska, 1979
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This aircraft was not the one I rode, but it exemplifies the class, strength and spirit of Alaska bush pilots and their planes. A few hours later the clouds lifted enough for us to launch a different field trip, this time to the south. It pays to have not only multiple working hypotheses, but multiple geologic problems to turn to when you're in the field.

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