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YUKON
There’s a lot of history and lore in the Yukon
and it all started with the gold rush as prospectors made their
way across the Chilkoot Pass toward dreams of gold in Dawson
City. Today that history lives on in Dawson, a town that’s been
preserved to capture the richness of the past. It provides a
very interesting backdrop for those who like wood-beamed older
buildings dressed in signage painted with fonts from the turn
of the last century.
Today one of the main tourism attractions to the
Yukon is the grueling Yukon Quest dog sled race that takes mushers
from Whitehorse to Fairbanks, Alaska. Every year the race alternates
start and finish lines between two centres.
My experience in the Yukon was one of gigantic vastness. Mountains
that appear to sprawl to infinity. Lakes surrounded by lupines
and fields of wildflowers and rivers that wind their way through
gulleys and canyons ...
By Kevin Spreekmeester
Contributing Editor
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BIO
Aside from my family (because they might read this) there's nothing I love more than
making pictures. If I couldn't be a photographer, I'd have a problem because the only
other thing I ever really wanted to be was a professional soccer player and according
to those who know, it ain't gonna happen. I love photography so much that I gave up
a fifteen-year career, making much better money working in the advertising world, so
that I could carry a Nikon full-time!
It all started in and around 1998 and it's the longest I've ever stayed at one job in my
life. My boss (who is me, not my wife as some people might suggest) is not an easy
guy to work for! I have to be in my office by 6:30am everyday and I'll often stay long
into the evening or weekend, of course I am allowed to leave if I have things to
photograph. He, my boss that is, pays me no more for all of this, but allows me to
continue doing what I love. He believes that if we work hard, treat our customers
honestly, fairly and with integrity we'll have them for life. He's clearly an idealist! He's
also much nicer to our customers than he is to me. You know we've never had a
company Christmas party, that's just wrong!
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