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You’re in for a scenic, sensory treat! Alaska has 100,000 glaciers and 10 million lakes. Wildlife roams freely across vast spaces, unfettered by fences or roads. Opportunities to experience real wilderness and enjoy outdoor activities abound. You can’t see or do it all, but you can make the most of your time with this friendly guide that gives you the scoop on:
Anchorage, the gateway to Alaska, and nearby outdoor destinations
Road trips from Anchorage: The Kenai Peninsula, including Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai, and Homer; Fairbanks and its environs; Alaska’s long rural highways; and Denali National Park
Southeast Alaska, including Juneau, Skagway and Sitka
Bush Alaska, covering fascinating places in the Arctic
Options for visiting by cruise ship
Five great itineraries that touch on Alaska’s best destinations
The best places to see marine mammals, birds, humpback whales, black, brown, or polar bears, and other wildlife
The best gold rush towns, including Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, and Nome, where the free-wheeling frontier spirit abides today
Info on fishing, skiing, sea kayaking, dogmushing, hiking, and more
Accommodations, ranging from a luxury hotel to railroad cars to a romantic inn and spa
Like every For Dummies travel guide, Alaska For Dummies, 4th Edition includes:
Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages
Whether you want to get up close and personal (but not too close or too personal) with bears, explore the native heritage with its great totem poles, clan houses, and Iñupiat artwork, enjoy outdoor adventures, or just soak up the magnificent, unspoiled scenery, you’re on your way to a great Alaskan escape.
Synopsis:
Tame the wilds of America's Last Frontier
Whether your style is luxury cruise ship, laid-back road trip, or active wilderness hike, this guide helps you explore Alaska the fun and easy way. See wildlife roaming vast open spaces. Explore Mount McKinley, Native Alaskan culture, and old gold rush towns. Go skiing, sea kayaking, or fishing. Marvel at spectacular glaciers and windswept tundras. You can do it all on a wild and wonderful Alaskan adventure.
Charles Wohlforth is a lifelong Alaskan who has been a writer and journalist since 1986. Wohlforth lives in Anchorage with his wife, Barbara; sons, Robin and Joseph; and daughters, Julia and Rebecca. His book about Eskimos experiencing warming in the Arctic is titled The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change (North Point Press). A forthcoming book from St. Martin’s Press is tentatively titled Hidden Waters: Human Nature and the Fate of the Oceans, and explores the history, ecology, and anthropology of Prince William Sound. Wohlforth can be reached through his Web site, www.wohlforth.net.
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Copyright:
2009
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For Dummies Travel: Alaska
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128
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March 2009
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Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
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456 pages
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English9780470385272
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Tame the wilds of America's Last Frontier
Whether your style is luxury cruise ship, laid-back road trip, or active wilderness hike, this guide helps you explore Alaska the fun and easy way. See wildlife roaming vast open spaces. Explore Mount McKinley, Native Alaskan culture, and old gold rush towns. Go skiing, sea kayaking, or fishing. Marvel at spectacular glaciers and windswept tundras. You can do it all on a wild and wonderful Alaskan adventure.
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