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Moving To Fairbanks Alaska

Since the 1902 gold rush, Fairbanks has grown and been altered by many things  chief among these war, effects of military spending and construction (including the Alaska Highway and the Alaska Railroad), Statehood, a devastating flood, the discovery of oil and the building of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

Historical societies in Fairbanks date the hotel from "as early as 1910 at its Cushman location, next door to Harry Cribb's hardware and building materials store." But state that the hotel survived "in nearly its original condition" the fire of 1906, that destroyed most of the downtown buildings.

In 1914, the US Congress appropriated $35 million for construction of the Alaska Railroad system, but work was delayed by the outbreak of World War I. Three years later, the Alaska Railroad purchased the Tanana Valley Railroad, which had suffered from the wartime economic problems.

In 1977, Explore Fairbanks was incorporated as the Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau (FCVB) as a 501(c)(6) by a group of local business people. The first bridge crossing the Chena River, a wooden structure built in 1904 to extend Turner Street northward to connect with the wagon roads leading to the gold mining camps, washed out with regularity before a permanent bridge was constructed at Cushman Street in 1917 by the Alaska Road Commission.

In 1968, the vast Prudhoe Bay Oil Field was discovered in Alaska's North Slope Fairbanks became a supply point for exploitation of the oil field and for construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System , which caused a boom unseen since the first years of Fairbanks' founding and helped the town recover from the devastating 1967 Fairbanks Flood Fairbanks became a government center in the late 1960s with the establishment of the Fairbanks North Star Borough , which took Fairbanks as its borough seat A drop in oil prices during the 1980s caused a recession in the Fairbanks area, but the city gradually recovered as oil prices climbed during the 1990s.

Its location at the heart of the state, the character of its residents and the discovery of gold have earned Fairbanks the nickname of the Golden Heart City.” Located 188 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Fairbanks is known for chilly winters lit by the dancing lights of the aurora borealis and long summer days that offer up to 21 hours of sunlight.

On average, the season's first snow falls in Fairbanks on September 21, the first inch of snow accumulates by October 8 and the last inch of snow falls on April 27. The last flurries happen in April on average, but it occasionally does flurry in May.

A wide range of activities are available, including shopping the many art galleries filled with pottery, painting, textiles and Alaska Native art and jewelry; rafting or kayaking the meandering Chena River; golfing; fishing; snowmobiling; enjoying tours and attractions like Pioneer Park that celebrate the town's gold history; cross-country and Alpine skiing; wildlife viewing; soaking in hot springs; or even enjoying a locally brewed beer.

It offers longer days (unlike the paltry 3 hours of daylight offered on the winter solstice), warmer days (it can get to a mind boggling -40 F in the winter), better road conditions as things begin to thaw, and still excellent Aurora viewing chances (from April through August you pretty much can't see the Aurora from Fairbanks).

Regarding Asia, directly through the efforts of Explore Fairbanks - without the use of risk abatement funding - Japan Airlines (JAL) began with three charter flights directly to Fairbanks from Tokyo's Narita International Airport in winter 2004-2005 for aurora viewing.

In the Fairbanks Management Area, which basically covers Fairbanks’ urban environment — if you can call it that — there are about 500 moose as of 2009, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. That area encompasses everything from Ester to North Pole to Fox. The number of moose in Game Management Unit 20B, which encompasses most of the road system surrounding Fairbanks from Salcha to Chena Hot Springs to Chatanika to Manley to Nenana, is estimated at approximately 14,500.

The shortest day of the year is Dec. 21, the winter solstice, when there is 3 hours, 43 minutes, of official daylight. But there is usually about a half-hour of twilight on each side of sunrise and sunset that translates to about four or five hours of light during the darkest days, from about 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Granted, it’s not bright light, but we'll take what we can get. Soon after Dec. 21, we start gaining six to seven minutes of daylight each day 

Look out the window at midnight and you tell us. Seriously, the longest day of the year is June 21, the summer solstice, when there is 21 hours, 49 minutes of official daylight. At that point, in the last half of June and first half of July, it pretty much is light all day long. Soon after June 21, we start losing six to seven minutes of daylight each day.

Living in Fairbanks Alaska is not for everyone, it requires a special commitment and persistence to call it home. But there are many plus sides such as clean air and the great wide open outdoors, much of Alaska is still an untouched vast wilderness  just waiting to be explored. If you are considering moving to Fairbanks  Alaska you must plan well in advance, finding  Experienced Long Distance Moving Companies is a absolute must. The logistics involved in relocating to Alaska should no be taken lightly.