Alaska Trip
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Later in our trip we will be joined by two NASA scientists that will be your guides as we visit some amazing landmarks in the Arctic Circle: ... This summer we will take you on a trip up the Alaska coast onboard the Coast Guard ship the Polar Star! We will use wide-range Internet technologies like RealAudio, RealMedia and QuestChat to take you along with us. activities. ... During our trip we will visit with towns and villages located along the Alaskan coast. We will meet and talk with these Alaskans about special environmental concerns in their region. You will also be able to read field journals from our two high school students travelling onboard the Polar Star. Currently we plan to visit: ... [Read More]
Service Routes of the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS)
From June through September, the M/V Kennicott makes twice monthly trips from Juneau to Valdez and Seward, with "whistle stops" in Yakutat. This is the trip of a lifetime for those who like comfortable adventure. ... Alaska's Inside Passage treats you to spectacular naturalbeauty, an unmatched variety of wildlife, and a rich mixture ofNative, Early Russian, and Gold Rush history. For those comingfrom the "Lower 48" or Canada, the trip north to Alaskaon AMHS most often begins at Bellingham, Washington, orPrince Rupert, British Columbia. At the northern end of the route, Haines and Skagway link visitors and residents to the Alaskan Highway. ... [Read More]
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Containing some of the first conservation-unit areas to be established in America, today's Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge includes lands that were formerly parts of ten previously established refuges. Many of these units are still represented among the ten distinct congressionally-designated Wilderness areas included in Alaska Maritime, which range in size from the approximately 1.3 million acre Aleutian Islands Wilderness to the 32 acre Hazy Islands Wilderness. Because it is spread out along most of the 47,300 miles of Alaska's coastline, the sheer span of this refuge is difficult to grasp. Its more than 2,500 islands, islets, spires, rocks, reefs, waters and headlands extend from Forrester Island, to the north of Canada's Queen Charlotte Islands deep in the southeast tongue of the state, to the westernmost tip of the Aleutians (and of America!), and north to Cape Lisburne on the Arctic Ocean. Traveling between its farthest-flung points would be the equivalent of taking a tr ... [Read More]
Noatak National Preserve (National Park Service)
As one of North America's largest mountain-ringed river basins with an intact ecosystem, the Noatak River environs features some of the Arctic's finest arrays of plants and animals. The river is classified as a national wild and scenic river, and offers surperlative wilderness float-trip opportunities - from deep in the Brooks Range to the tidewater of the Chukchi Sea. ... [Read More]
APLIC - Alaska Public Lands Information Center
Imagine a website with information about every public land unit in the State of Alaska. It could provide answers to all of the most frequently asked questions that anyone coming to Alaska could pose. It could show you maps of each of Alaska's regions and link you to the homepages of the largest and most remote national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, state parks, and wild and scenic rivers in the country. Planning your trip would be easier than frying up a shortstack of sourdough pancakes. ... [Read More]
About the Alaska Marine Highway System
-- Read about and see photos of Robert Arrington's trip to Alaska aboard the M/V Columbia - July, 2004 ... December 12, 2003: State Ferries Aurora and Taku to Make POW Trips ... Scott McGuire Photo Page -- Great photos from an Alaska trip taken in July of 2000 ... [Read More]
Alaska Wildlife Viewing Department of Fish and Gam
Research and plan your trip carefully. Some of the most exciting wildlife viewing opportunities in Alaska occur in isolated, remote areas with few, if any, amenities. Contact the Alaska Division of Tourism for general information and the agency noted under “Contact” in the site descriptions of this book for more specific information. Make reservations early; services may be limited. ... Use binoculars or a spotting scope. These tools will open a new world of wild life viewing. For instance, with a 20-power spotting scope mounted on a tripod, it is possible to watch the activity of a mountain goat standing 1.5 miles away. ... [Read More]
Big Game Hunting in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
We have designed a Hunt Planning Worksheet in a PDF format to help you plan and organize the details of your Alaska hunting trip. Print and complete this PDF outline and keep it for reference as you develop your trip plans. ... The following tables briefly describe Alaska's game and where it is located. Remember, game is not everywhere. Some species, like caribou, are locally abundant, but in other areas are rarely seen. The same is true of moose. They are widely distributed, but scarce in some areas—even where good habitat exists—and abundant elsewhere. This means that hunters should plan trips based on a combination of favorable populations and access. ... [Read More]
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel - Whittier, Alaska
Enjoy the unique experience of a trip to Whittier, Alaska driving the longest combined vehicle-railroad tunnel in North America! ... [Read More]
Alaska Marine Highway System Changes and Specials
Alaska's Marine Highway is proud to announce that they'll be offering a special one-half price roundtrip fare on the ferry LeConte from Juneau to Pelican. The first sailing is Sunday, June 12 and will continue throughout the summer every other Sunday. Adult roundtrip one-half price fare is $48 with children age 11 and under $28. The LeConte leaves for Pelican at 6:30 a.m. and returns by 9:00 p.m. Make this a family day and take in beautiful Point Adolphus, watch for whales and visit the historic village of Pelican. Book and pay for this trip online . ... [Read More]
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