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Where No Man Has Gone Before...

Ok I know it's the start of Star Trek but take a look at the picture below.


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The guy in the picture is my best friend Henry, We've know each for.... well longer than both of us care to remember. I'll put it this way I had a full head of hair and Henry didn't have gray in his. Anyway Henry flys a helicopter and lives in Alaska. Tough life!

Earlier this week he sends me a picture with a smug look on his face after he landed on a glacier. Wrong he says I landed in the glacier, wait a minute Henry, nobody lands in a glacier... Look below


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The Picture is at the bottom of the White Out Glacier, it's about 75 miles north and a litte east of Anchorage. We all know the arctic ice pack is melting and many glaciers like the White Out are retreating. You can now fly and land a helicopter (if you're very careful) in a hole at the very bottom of the glacier.

Not only has Henry gone were few have gone before but he's also gone back in time. The ice walls surrounding the landing site are several stories high meaning ol' Henry and his helicoptor are resting on Ice that's not hundred or even thousands but millions of years old!

Strange he doesn't look a day over 500,000 does he!

Regards
Dave

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