Alaska Trip
May 24th - June 6th, 2016
Whittier Alaska, June 1st

City of Whittier, Alaska

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These are pictures we took while approaching Whittier. Well I took them, Marty was sleeping like normal people do. It never really got dark at this time of year and we were only 20 days from the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the day that the sun sets the shortest time. You could have read a book out on the balcony all night without straining your eyes. Contrary to winter when you never see the sun for months depending on how far north you are. Not my idea of a place to have a remote telescope.

Whittier Stats:

Coordinates: 60°46′27″N 148°40′40″WCoordinates: 60°46′27″N 148°40′40″W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Valdez–Cordova
Incorporated	July 15, 1969[1]
Government
• Type	Council-manager
• Mayor	Daniel Blair[2]
• State senator	Mike Dunleavy (R)
• State rep.	Jim Colver (R)
Area
• Total	19.7 sq mi (51.0 km2)
• Land	12.5 sq mi (32.4 km2)
• Water	7.2 sq mi (18.6 km2)
Elevation	43 ft (13 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	220
• Estimate (2015)[3]	214
• Density	11/sq mi (4.3/km2)
Time zone	Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
• Summer (DST)	AKDT (UTC-8)
ZIP Code	99693
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-84510
GNIS feature ID	1415757