RE: [Paddlewise] Alaskan weather (was Trangia stove fuel)

 It's not always cold here in Alaska!   ie. we don't live in igloos<vbg>
Actually, this is such a huge place that the weather varys quite a bit
from region to region.  Southeast Alaska is a temperate rain forest,
with average summer temperatures around 55-60 F and anywhere from 100 to
180 inches of rain annually.  Winter temps average in the 30F range.
(The temp reached 75F here in Juneau a couple of days ago and _everyone_
was complaining about how unbearably hot it was!)
  Parts of the interior regions are very dry and have huge temperature
fluctuations - with winter lows in the -40F(or colder!) region and
summer highs reaching into the 80-90 degree range (or higher).
 Today in Barrow (our northernmost town) the temp is only 37F as I write
this - that's cold for the end of June!
 The Kenai area (South Central coastal region) - which is the area that
I recall was the destination for the trip that started this Trangia
thread should have fairly temperate (60-80F) daytime temps and evening
temps in the 40's or 50's at this time of year.  BUT...you need to be
prepared for the chance of some truly miserable weather also - it's easy
to get nailed with a week of rain and wind with cool temps.  

Cheers,
Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wilky [SMTP:carrot_at_vision.net.au]
> Sent:	Saturday, June 27, 1998 9:38 PM
> To:	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] Trangia stove fuel
> Craig wrote: 
> <snip> I may be showing my ignorance of Alaskan weather here but it
> always sounds and looks cold, and I would love to visit there one day
> .
> cheers
> Wilky.
> Craig Wilkin.
> 
> 
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