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Sunset over Small Boat Harbor in Sitka, Alaska

Small Boat Harbor, Sitka (courtesy, Travel Alaska)

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I am moving to Anchorage Alaska in March 2009. Need to know everything I can before I get there. I will be driving there. I am moving to Anchorage Alaska in March of 2009. I need to know everything from places to stay (cheap is fine... just a place to put my head), jobs, road conditions in march. Basically any information anyone can give would help. Thank you
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The Coldest Ride
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Fall in Yakutat, Alaska, means camouflage, salmon, and the sweetest swells on the far north shore
Domestic Abyss
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Springs of the Suwannee River Basin & Resurrection Bay
Swellsville, USA
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Bare feet on hot sand. Surfboard on the waves. Lobster in the pot. A long, hot season to stay wet and never go back inside. summer starts here—don't let the screen door hit you on the way out.
Best Trips of 2001: Open-Air Classroom
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Open-Air Classroom
The Top Ten Extreme Adventures
We hone in on the craziest, most extreme, and most remote trips across the globe.

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Seafood Watch: The Western Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
Sharks: Myths and Realities
Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
Deep Focus
Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
The Move
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Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter

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Southeast Alaska breathes majesty with every breath. It is a pristine wilderness of fjords, islands, rivers, and tidewater glaciers. Visit historic...

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Gear

Check Out My Wood!
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How a carpentry-challenged nonsurfer built a classic wooden longboard with his own kook hands.
Women's Surfing
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Seal Line Urban Tote
The Perfect Wet/Dry Bag
Surfing
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Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.

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Fittest Real Athletes – Kyle Daniels
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Win
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Wellness 2009
The Move
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Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
Fit to Surf
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Attractions

Hubbard Glacier

Yakutat, Alaska

Description: Hubbard Glacier is a tidewater glacier that stretches 76 miles to the sea at Yakutat Bay and Disenchantment Bay. It is the largest tidewater glacier in North America. ... Read More

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