dude, your alaska travel issue is solved!
edit: link to article
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/jet-powered-bic.html?ybf1=1
edit: link to article
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/jet-powered-bic.html?ybf1=1
think i'll pass. somehow getting rocketted a few miles out till it runs out of fuel, then having to push that monstrosity back as it turns the snow i'm walking on into slush under my feet doesn't sound all that appealing.....