AlaskaAlaska's license plate slogan 'The Last Frontier' says it all. This is a state that, until the 1970s, had far more male residents than female. 'The odds are good, ' the women used to say, 'but the goods are odd.' Bradt's Alaska guides visitors beyond the cruise ship ports and into the real Alaska. Written by a local, the book includes a comprehensive guide to Alaska's flora and fauna, and draws on the author's many years of experience exploring and guiding tourists on kayaking and hiking trips through this vast wilderness little touched by the hand of man. |
Contents
Practical Information | 39 |
PART TWO THE GUIDE | 85 |
Southeast Alaska | 113 |
Southcentral Alaska | 181 |
Chapter 6 | 279 |
Chapter 7 | 347 |
Chapter 8 | 375 |
Chapter 9 | 413 |
Appendix I | 431 |
Common terms and phrases
adult/child Adventures airport Aleutian Anchorage Arctic b/fast Beach bears bike boat Bradt Café Campground camping campsites charter Chugach city centre cost Cove Creek cruise daily Dalton Highway drive Eagle Fairbanks ferry Festival fishing flights flightseeing Forest George Parks Highway Girdwood Glacier gold Haines Halibut Harbor hiking Homer Hotel Interior Alaska Island Juneau kayak Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan King Salmon Kodiak Lake land Located Lodge lovely Marine miles Mon-Fri Mon-Sat Mountain Museum National Wildlife Refuge native Nome offers population Prince William Sound public-use cabins Recreation remote rental restaurant Richardson Highway River road rooms Russian Seward Sitka Skagway Southcentral Alaska Southeast Alaska Sterling Highway STREET summer Talkeetna taxi Tlingit Tongass TOURIST INFORMATION tours town Trail trips Unalaska Valdez visitor centre Wasilla whales Wi-Fi wilderness Wrangell Wrangell-St Elias Yukon