Yukon River
- Episode aired 2001
Although it's headwaters are close to the Pacific, they are cut off from the ocean by mountains causing the Yukon river to meander north through the Yukon then west across Alaska to the Beri... Read allAlthough it's headwaters are close to the Pacific, they are cut off from the ocean by mountains causing the Yukon river to meander north through the Yukon then west across Alaska to the Bering Sea. The river is most famous for the gold rush of 1897 at the confluence with the Klon... Read allAlthough it's headwaters are close to the Pacific, they are cut off from the ocean by mountains causing the Yukon river to meander north through the Yukon then west across Alaska to the Bering Sea. The river is most famous for the gold rush of 1897 at the confluence with the Klondike River. As a result of the gold rush the forests along the river were decimated and it... Read all