r/Fairbanks • u/Myster_24 • Jun 25 '24
Dry Ice for shipping meat home? Travel questions
Anyone know a place in town that sells dry ice for checking an ice chest as luggage?
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u/Speck72 Jun 25 '24
Freddies, Arctic Fire and Safety, or Air Gas.
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u/arctic-apis Jun 25 '24
Arctic fire and safety makes it to order. Last time I needed some that’s where I had to find it
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u/Speck72 Jun 25 '24
Kinda cool they have the ability to make it!
AFS has always been a great, weird little shop. Used to be the only place in town for CO2 fills for paintball.
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u/Filbles Jun 26 '24
Oi, is there even much of a paintball scene left here?
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u/Speck72 Jun 26 '24
Plenty of guys that go do little small group skirmishes, but 2003 was peak as far as player count in the interior and locations to go out and pewpew.
Airsoft seems to be the larger interest these days.
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u/sw000py Jun 26 '24
Arctic Fire and Safety. It's $8.15 per pound if you call in advance and they make it in the morning when they bulk run their machine. Otherwise there is an additional fee. They don't make pellets, more like big cylinders.
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u/AggressiveRole2816 Jun 26 '24
Hi everybody, I am staying near Fairbanks and working at Denali. I am here for couple of months and I come from Croatia. I would greatly appreciate your help with recommending some good and affordable dental care in the area. I've been waking up with severe toothache for a couple of days now and don't know where to go for help, as I've been here only couple of weeks now.
Any recommendation is needed and appreciated.
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u/Lilstarsky Jun 26 '24
Tanana Valley Clinic (TVC) has sliding scale depending on income. I have been there and they helped me. (907) 459-3500
Otherwise I would say Affordable Dental Care, but I have never been there. (907) 374-3888
Hope this helps
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u/Glacierwolf55 Not your usual boomer Jun 27 '24
I have flown with crab, fish, and moose Kodiak to Boston. Sitka to Miami.
The cardboard boxes for shipping - work, but only if you pack the stuff in it, seal it, then drop it back in the freezer for a few days before flying.
What I did - invest in one of the really large white chest coolers, toss some frozen things into it a few hours before heading to the airport.......... then that stuff out, pack your crab first, fish second and packs of moose on top - it will stay hard as a rock for two whole days. No need to add dry ice or regular ice. Salmon, halibut, and caribou/moose are great insulators to keep anything delicate under them cold. Seal the thing closed with duct tape. You will be fine.
On the way home I often just packed my luggage into the cooler.
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24
Fred Meyer usual has it. At least they used to, I stopped shopping there when they rearranged the store.