Gary, when my brother and I drove up there from Anchorage on the July 4, 1991, weekend, he had told me I'd see more wildlife than I'd ever seen in my life (he had made the trip a number of times both driving an 18 wheeler and once hauling drill bits in a one-ton dually). However, we saw more wildlife between Anchorage and Fairbanks than we saw north of Fairbanks (except for the caribou). /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Some folks who should've known said it was because it had turned so warm. If I remember right, the high that day in Deadhorse was 38. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif