Photos: Nigel the cat's Alaska homecoming

Updated: September 28, 2016 Published: March 11, 2016

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Katie Robb greets Nigel, her 8-year-old cat who was lost during a road trip from North Carolina to Fairbanks, Alaska. The reunion happened Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the Fairbanks airport.

"Pure shock." That's how Fairbanks resident Katie Robb felt when she got the phone call that her cat, Nigel, had been found, nearly a month after he had gone missing in central California.

Nigel had disappeared at a Sears Auto Center in Bakersfield, California, on Feb. 8, during a cross-country road trip. Days of searching for the 8-year-old orange tabby came up empty, so Robb and her road tripping buddy, Trista Crass, were forced to continue on their journey.

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