In 1973, then 20-year-old future filmmaker John Holod traveled 1,400 miles of dirt road on the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks by Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

More than 25 years later, Holod returned to trace his original route, this time in luxurious comfort — by motor home.

Holod will bring his film to the Kingsbury Hall auditorium on the University of Utah campus as the sixth presentation of the current University Travel Club series Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m.

The journey begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, mile "0" of the world-famous Alaska Highway. Heading northwest, the road winds its way through such interesting places as Fort Nelson, founded in 1805 as a fur trading post, and Liard Hot Springs.

The film will take UTC patrons to White Horse, an important stop on the Yukon River. Crossing the border into Alaska, the highway officially ends, but our adventure is just beginning. The coastal town of Valdez is one of the most beautiful spots in Alaska.

A victim of a massive oil spill in 1989, we now return to appraise Prince William Sound's recovery from the brink of environmental disaster.

We then travel south from Anchorage, home to almost half of the people living in Alaska, to visit Seward, Homer and Kenai Fjords National Park. No trip to Alaska would be complete without a visit to Denali National Park and stunning Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak.

Heading north out of Fairbanks, the largest inland town in Alaska, we take on the most difficult part of the journey: The Dalton Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Fully opened in 1994, the road runs parallel to the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.

It is the only road in the United States that crosses the Arctic Circle. It also crosses the Brooks Range and skirts the massive gates of the Arctic National Park, the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Beautiful coastline, spectacular mountains, glaciers, wildlife, indigenous cultures and people with a true pioneer spirit.

Alaska has it all! Come along for the ride!

Holod seems to have been everywhere and done it all.

He has been a wildlife guide, a country music guitarist and singer.

An internationally recognized photojournalist, his stories and photos have appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world.

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He has lived in Colorado, Hawaii and Switzerland.

He also has traveled extensively in North America, Europe, Cuba and Eastern Bloc countries, usually on motorcycle but more recently in a motor home.

A native of Detroit, he studied cinematography, journalism and photography at Wayne State University before embarking on his life of adventure and travel. He has joined the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's (RVIA) spokesperson team to promote recreational vehicle travel.

Tickets for the travelogue are on sale weekdays at Kingsbury Hall ticket office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The university shuttle will begin service from Rice Stadium at 6 p.m.

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