BBC'S GREAT
ALASKAN RAILROAD JOURNEYS
"FAIRBANKS
TO JUNEAU" S01E04
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views•Premiered Aug 18, 2020
JOURNEYS
Clutching
his 1899 Appleton's Guidebook to Alaska, Michael Portillo reaches the State's
remote interior and the end of the Alaska Railroad. Less than 200 miles from
the Arctic Circle, at Fairbanks, he discovers how gold prospectors liberated
the precious metal from the soil.
At Poker
Flat, Michael reaches for the skies with the scientists who study the Northern
Lights. Volunteers on the Tanana Valley Railroad offer him the chance to light
the boiler of their 1899 Porter locomotive - a first for Britain's premier rail
fan. In Alaska's railwayless state capital, Juneau, Michael researches the life
of the remarkable author of his Appleton's, Eliza Scidmore, before heading to
the railhead for his next Alaskan journey. He discovers her role in encouraging
tourists to visit Alaska and finds out how salmon propelled the region to
statehood.
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