Brandt starts as Havre Daily News photographer

Floyd Brandt traveled more than 2,000 miles in a week from Soldotna, Alaska, to Havre to be a photojournalist for the Havre Daily News.

There were some moments, he said, when the going got tough.

“Going through the mountains of British Columbia is always pretty challenging,” Brandt said.

As if traveling from Alaska through Canada during winter’s height isn’t tough enough, Brandt’s Chevrolet Blazer developed some troubles during the trip. He said his SUV’s intermittent starting troubles proved more of a burden than all the iced roads he covered from Alaska to Montana.

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