Whitehorse visited on a flight around the world

I had just started down the Alaska Highway to Carcross yesterday afternoon when I got thoroughly distracted by an unsual bird. Descending out of the ragged clouds was a large aircraft with a paint scheme I’d never seen before. I pulled around and headed back to the airport at top speed, getting there just as the Icelandair Boeing 757-200 seen below rolled to a stop. The first photo shows passengers disembarking upon arrival yesterday, the second shows the plane taking off just after noon today.

My son just called me from the airport to say that this is the first stop on a round-the-world charter organized by Travel Guild, Inc. of Ontario. They’ll also be visiting Tokyo, Japan; Hong Kong, China; Saigon, Vietnam; Angkor Wat, Cambodia; the Taj Mahal in Agra, India; Dubai UAE; Shaba, Kenya; Cairo, Egypt; Prague, Czech Republic; and Iceland between now and December 2nd – all without changing planes. Tickets were $30,000 per person, but what an adventure!