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Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Mount St. Elias, Alaska (Valentin Sommer/courtesy, NPS)

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Alaska Overview

As a child, when my family traveled outside Alaska for vacations, I often met other children who asked, "Wow, you live in Alaska? What's it like?" I never did well with that question. To me, the place I was visiting was far simpler and easier to describe than the one I was from. The Lower 48 seemed a fairly homogeneous land of freeways and fast food, a well-mapped network of established places. Alaska, on the other hand, wasn't even completely explored. Natural forces of vast scale and subtlety were still shaping the land in their own way, inscribing a different story on each of an infinite number of unexpected places. Each region, whether populated or not, was unique far beyond my ability to explain. Alaska was so large and new, so unconquered and exquisitely real, as to defy summation. Read More

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Alaska Discovery

Juneau, Alaska

Description: Alaska Discovery offers overnight sea kayaking expeditions in Glacier Bay National Park and leads... Read More
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Bartlett River Trail

Bartlett Cove
Bartlett Cove , Alaska

Description: This lovely and easy walk, relatively level, leads directly from Bartlett Cove to Bartlett River through lush forests. More ambitious hikers can extend the walk into a longer, more challenging hike. ... Read More
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Woodwind Adventures

Glacier Bay
PO Box 47
Gustavus, Alaska 99826

Description: Woodwind Adventures offers whale-watching tours in Icy Strait and Glacier Bay. Humpback whales are... Read More
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Cape Fox Lodge

800 Venetia Way
Ketchikan, AK 99901 Map

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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The Narrows Inn Restaurant And Marina

4871 N Tongass Hwy Po Box 8296
Ketchikan, AK 99901-3269 Map

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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from: $195

Best Western Landing Hotel

3434 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan, AK 99901-5633 Map

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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