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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.
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At the Seward small-boat harbor
Seward, Alaska Description: This is the dominant tour operator, with the most daily sailings and choices of destination. The... Read More
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The Solomon Gulch Hatchery
On Dayville Rd. on the way to the tanker terminal
Valdez, Alaska Description: When the pink salmon return from late June to early August, they swarm on the hatchery in a... Read More
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Norman Lowell Studio & Gallery
Mile 160.9 New Sterling Hwy; Norman Lowell Dr
Homer, Alaska 99556 Description: Lowell built his own huge gallery on his homestead to show his life's work. The immense oils... Read More
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