Science Friday traveled over 4,000 miles from the New York studio this week to broadcast from Fairbanks, AK. Find out what we’re doing while we’re here. 
It took about 20 hours to get to Fairbanks, AK from the New York area. According to the University of Fairbanks, Alaska is about 1/5 the size of the lower 48.
Pictures from our layover in the Anchorage airport (after 18 hours of travel):
Image 1: Ira and SciFri producer, Karin Vergoth.
Image 2: Ira and Karin and bear.
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