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USA within the Arctic Circle but is under threat from road building for mining and oil extraction so get there before the bulldozers do.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><font color="#9999FF">Downside:</font><br> - It's very cold and inhospitable for a lot of the year while the wilderness areas are massive so if things go wrong you're a long way from help.<br> - Alaska is a long drive from the USA; even Seattle to Anchorage is 2,200 miles [3,500kms] - though you could put the motor on a ferry from Belligham to Haines - so a flight and vehicle hire may be required. <br> Many consider an inclusive tour or cruise to be the best way to visit this monster destination.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">When to Travel to Alaska:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <font color="#FFFFFF">The weather in this part of the world is erratic to say the least but place your bets on the </font><font color="#9999FF">best months: mid-May to June</font><font color="#FFFFFF"> [though there may still be mud or slush on some trails and Denali NP only opens late June] and <font color="#9999FF">early September</font> </font> for the best weather, best prices and least trouble booking stuff. July is good and warm but getting 'crowded' while August <em>can</em> be wet and <em>will</em> be busy [by Alaskan standards].<br> <font color="#9999FF">Worst: Oct, Nov, April</font><font color="#FFFFFF"> due to constant freezing rain, mud and slush. <br> Dec-March is extremely cold but splendidly white as communities drag out their skis, snowshoes, sleds and fire up their dogs, while skies go psychedelic with Northern Lights [aurora borealis]</font>.<br> n.b. many tourist facilities don't open till mid May and some not until June but winter sports are good value.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Main attractions:</strong></font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> - White Pass and Yukon Route railway, a spectacular vintage tourist train ride.<br> - fantastic high and low views from the Seward Highway and Alaska Railroad as they struggle across the Chugach Mountains.<br> - boating near the awesome Grand Pacific Glacier.<br> - the swirling magic of Northern Lights colours [mainly winter and in the interior].<br> - watching bears fishing and humpback whales leaping [see left].<br> - seeing genuine native Ketchikan totem poles in the Tlingit homeland.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Best Winter Sports:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> - Anchorage is easy to fly into and has a lively winter culture program as well as good access to lake skating, dog sledding, downhill skiing and cross-country skiing.<br> - Girdwood's Alyeska Resort, Alaska's best ski resort, in a gorgeous setting.<br> - Chena Hot Springs [90 mins from Fairbanks] for winter activities, hot springs and Northern Lights.<br> - Sitka for culture, whales in early winter and the white stuff.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Where to Go:</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><br> Bearing in mind the staggering size of Alaska, do NOT try to do it all in two weeks,</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"> particularly since each main travel zone - S<font color="#FFFFFF">outheast and Southcentral</font> - offers the same basic attractions of huge mountains, spectacular views, glaciers, wildlife, attractive little towns and well-organised trails.<br> <font color="#FFFFFF">Getting to these two travel-friendly areas is relatively straightforward outside winter.<br> Adventures further afield are more complicated, time consuming and expensive.</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Southeast***<br> <font color="#FFFFFF">Thousands of islands and a thin stretch of mainland running along the western edge of Canada make up a route known as the Inside Passage. This is the nearest part of Alaska to Washington State.<br> Most short vacation travellers will fly into Anchorage then make another short air hop over to one of the Southeast's tourist centres, such as Sitka or Gustavus.<br> For road warriors, i</font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF">f coastal Highways 1 and 101 from Mexico to Canada weren't enough of an ultimate west coast road trip, then take the Alaskan Ferry from Bellingham, British Columbia to carry on up north.<br> The ferry links the main islands of the Southeast to the start of the Alaskan Highway and interconnects with the Southcentral and Southwest regions during the summer.</font></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some Southeast Alaska travel</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> possibilities:</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#9999FF">Sitka *** </font>on Baranof Island [flight], a charming, historic town with a Russian cathedral, castle and other relics left over from Russian colonial days.<br> Sitka National Historic Park combines native and Russian history with Totem Poles and Russian artifacts while whale watching is easy from the city park, especially June and September, or take a wildlife cruise for close-up action.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A glorious day from Sitka on an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry through the fjords gets you to <font color="#9999FF">**Juneau</font>, with nearby icefield, the Mendenhall Glacier and some superb hiking trails.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A small [Allen Marine] ferry runs over to the port of <font color="#9999FF">***Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay National Park</font>, another magnificent ride speckled with islands, mountain peaks and humpback whales in the Icy Strait. <br> From <font color="#9999FF">**Gustavus</font>, the main town, there are some terrific walks, or head back to the Cove for boat rides to see glaciers and varied marine life or rent a sea kayak for a really close look.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Revillagigedo Island** </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Saxman Totem Park and Totem Bight State Historical Park for the best in Totem Poles, natural beauty, wildlife and kayaking, Misty Fjords National Monument.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Admiralty Island</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> National Monument is a mecca for land wildlife and marine wildlife.<br> <font color="#9999FF">* Haines</font> makes an excellent hiking base in the mountains while <font color="#9999FF">*Skagway</font> is the closest Southeast Alaska gets to a metropolis, with museums and buildings harking back to the 19th C when it was a frontier town.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Southcentral**<br> Kenai Peninsula**</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"> the southern edge of th</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">e Kenai Penins</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF">ula holds the Kenai Fjords National Park with stunning glacial features for hiking or boat trips. Seward, just south of the Cook Inlet, is a good route to the park, and has the excellent Alaskan Sealife Center.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Kodiak Island**</font> west of the inlet, this is worth a special trip for wildlife enthusiasts to see the massive Kodiak Brown Bears.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Anchorage*</font> isn't the prettiest city or most fascinating culturally, but it offers a couple of good native museums and is a good base for exploration. <br> <font color="#9999FF">Prince William Sound*</font> the first ferry stops in the region are Valdez, Cordova and Whittier, on the coast of the Sound. There are several islands, plenty of marine wildlife and no shortage of mountains.<br> Pass through the oil pipeline terminus town of Valdez to reach the mountain wilderness of Wrangel St Elias Park.<br> Whittier has a train to Anchorage, and Cordova has skiing in splendid surrounding</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">s.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Interior**<br> <font color="#FFFFFF">This huge plateau running north from the Alaska Range to just below the Arctic Circle is crossed by a multitude of rivers and lakes through the endless tundra and forests.<br> Rafting and canoeing are popular in the rivers especially in the Yukon and wildlife watching opportunities are good, particularly for wetland birds.</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"><font color="#9999FF">Denali National Park*** </font> the main attraction in the region extends from the Alaskan Range and Mt Mckinley - the highest mountain on the continent - down to the northern plateau. Great for hiking, mountainbiking and wildlife watchin</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">g, including bears.</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"><br> <font color="#9999FF">Fairbanks*</font> a large city at the northern end of the Alaskan Highway. Charter journeys to the Northern region often leave from here.</font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Far North<br> <font color="#FFFFFF">North of the Yukon river valley most of the region is within the Arctic Circle and pristine wilderness.</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#9999FF">Wilderness***</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF"> around the Brooks Mountain Range you will find the Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Noatak National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park and Gates of the Arctic National Park.<br> There is a gravel road which runs all the way to the coast and meets the Arctic Ocean at Prudoe Bay, but to explore the Arctic National Park you will need to fly to Bettle, and for the Bering Strait, Nome would be your Home.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Getting around:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Flying in and <font color="#9999FF">renting a car</font> is by far the most popular option; Anchorage is the main entry point. <br> Ensure you have full insurance, know the special engine heating systems if travelling in winter and have emergency equipment. In summer beware rocks being spun off truck wheels; stop or pull off the road if a big vehicle is coming the other way at speed.<br> As with USA <font color="#9999FF">RV's [motor homes]</font> - owned or rented - are common, giving great freedom to stay/move anywhere, anytime in comfort though you still have to visit an RV park regularly to fill up and unfill. One-way rentals are an easy way to tour but inevitably pricey. Anchorage and Skagway offer RV rentals.<br> Another possibility is to use the <font color="#9999FF">Alaska Marine Highway System, </font>large public ferries that runs Bellingham - Washington - Prince Rupert, BC - various towns of Southeast Alaska.<font color="#9999FF"><br> Internal flights</font> will save a lot of time and private <font color="#9999FF">Bush Pilot</font> planes are the most precise but, of course, pricey.<br> The final solution is taking a <font color="#9999FF">tour</font> which will be easy, efficient, economical, ensure you have a room to sleep in at the end of a busy day and see all the best sights at the best time although the downside is that you could be sharing all the awesome grandeur with a bunch of losers. Or with a with a crowd of interesting, like-minded people...</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><font color="#9999FF">Alaska Festivals and Events:<br> </font><font color="#FFFFFF">February, <em>Fur Rendezvous</em>, Anchorage.<br> March, <em>Iditarod Dog Sled Race,</em> </font>Anchorage to Nome.<br> <font color="#FFFFFF">March, <em>World Ice Carving Championships</em>, </font>Fairbanks.<br> mid-March, <em>Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic</em> in Nome, green greens but everything else is distinctly white and slippery. <br> late March, <em>Pillar Mountain Golf Classic</em> in Kodiak. An even odder game than the Ice Golf, with 1 hole, par 70, 500m [1500ft] up a mountainside. Both games would be dinner party conversation winners.<br> June 21, <em>Midnight Sun Baseball</em> in Fairbanks, with no lights. <br> late June, <em>Polar Bear Swim</em> in Nome, so long as the ice has opened up. There's no place like Nome.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#9999FF"><strong>Activities:</strong></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#9999FF">Winter:<br> Dog Sledding:</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"> otherwise known as mushing, four or six dogpower travel is a fascinating but strenuous. Rent your own pooches but no cuddling. March's <em>Iditarod</em> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Anchorage to Nome race is the ultimate test.<font color="#FFFFFF"><br> <font color="#9999FF">Skating, Downhill and Cross</font></font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><font color="#9999FF"> Country Skiing, Snow Shoe Shuffling and Snowmobiling:</font> all are widely available and good value.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><font color="#9999FF">Summer:<br> Sea Kayaking:</font> mainly around the rugged coastline of islands and fjords in the southern regions.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Whitewater Rafting and Canoeing:</font> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">the Nenana River, Kenai River and Matanuska River are where the main action happens.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Fishing:</font> lodges and incredible salmon fishing at Kenai River; Bristol Bay; Copper River Delta [Cordova]; Kodiak Island. Halibut from Homer [huge fish, huge charter fleet]; Unalaska [difficult to reach].</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wildlife:<br> Whale Watching [along with orcas, otters, seals]:</font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"> Humpback whales and other marine animals constantly frolic around Alaska's coastline but especially June-Sept, and particularly near Sitka's city park [Whale Festival in the fall], Petersburg [Frederick Sound], Gustavus [Icy Strait, Glacier Bay NP [Bartlett Cove], Seward [Kenai Fjords NP] and Valdez/ Whittier/ Cordova [Prince William Sound]. <br> For Belugas try the Cook Inlet.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"><br> <font color="#9999FF">Bear Watching:</font> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Brown, black and grizzly bears are the main sightseeing targets and there are plenty around, particularly during the July and September salmon running seasons. <br> There are particularly good viewing points at: Denali NP; Brooks Camp, Katmai NP; Pack Creek [Admiralty Island]; Wrangell [Anan Wildlife Observatory]; Kodiak Island [difficult to reach].</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Native Culture:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> - Ketchikan totem poles in Tlingit homeland at the Heritage Center, the Totem Bight Park and Saxman Native Village Totem Park.<br> - Sitka, excellent Tlingit totem poles and native art.<br> - Anchorage's Alaska Native Heritage Center, a museum celebrating native culture with exhibits as well as live shows, dance, music and meetings.<br> - Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, another lively native display and meeting place.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Safety:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <font color="#9999FF">Women</font> - Generally Alaska's pretty cool but large towns and cities have a bad reputation for rape, probably due to the disproportionate number of wild males on the prowl, so women should take care walking alone in the evenings, even if it's a late-sunset summer day.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Bears and Moose</font> - Not normally a danger but take the usual precautions. Keep food in sealed containers away from camp sites, make plenty of noise when hiking in dense vegetation in order not to surprise them, never go near young animals or try to edge past a bear or moose, both are capable of sudden and damaging attacks if they feel threatened.<br> If you come across a bear unexpectedly make a lot of noise, wave your arms and slowly back away. Do not run.<br> If the bear attacks, fall and play dead, curl up, face down with your hands protecting your neck. It should go away. If, very unusually, it does not, you'll be in for a fight.<br> Bear pepper repellent sprays are on sale in Alaskan Outdoor Stores.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Avalanche</font> - Do not go into back country snow without a guide or experience of avalanche avoidance/survival.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Getting Lost</font> - Ensure that you go hiking with experienced navigators, carry emergency kit [space blanket etc], inform someone of where you're going and when you expect to be back, possibly with a written itinerary. Mobile [cell] phones will probably not work unless they are costly satellite jobs. These are rentable in many Alaska trekking locations.<br> <font color="#9999FF">Mosquitoes</font> - attacks by mozzie squadrons are a pain but currently deliver neither malaria nor other diseases. Many hikers wear heavy clothing and even netting hoods in buzzy places/seasons. And don't forget the DEET heavy repellent, 25 - 50% for skin, up to 100% for clothing..<br> <font color="#9999FF">Water</font> - avoid drinking untreated river or lake water which may be home to the <em>Giardia</em> bug courtesy of ducks. Either boil, filter or add iodine [yuk] to drinking water.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Money:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Just like the USA credit cards are accepted just about everywhere and ATMs are found in every town.<br> Costs in Alaska are fairly high but if that's an issue hiking is always a low-cost option.</font></p> <p><font color="#9999FF" size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Internet:</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <br> Wifi for laptops is available from many hotels and large cafés but comparatively costly. 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