If I didn’t have my bearings in Anchorage before, I did after taking flight in a helicopter for the first time in my life. A mini-trade to get the lay of the land - we were also due to head out on a longer flight to one of the glaciers but unfortunately an onslaught of fog put it’s foot down and said no. But even over a city the highlights were undoubtedly the man-made patterns of vehicles and industry that dotted the otherwise grey and white cityscape with specs of colour.