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Alaska is a U.S. state, the largest in area, located on the northwest tier of North America.

Regions in Alaska : Bush Alaska, Interior, North Slope, Panhandle, South Central and Tanana Valley

Cities in Alaska : Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Fairbanks, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Palmer, Petersburg, Seward, Sitka, Unalaska, Valdez, Wasilla

State Capital Alaska : Juneau.


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Camping / Campgrounds / RV Parks

 Go Camping America
 Koa - Campgrounds of America
Each KOA may offer beautiful scenery and activities based in their locality, they all share the same KOA mission - to provide a clean, safe and fun camping experience. Which is why KOA's camping facilities are truly full-service. KOA's feature RV hookups, hot showers and laundry facilities, convenience stores, swimming pools, even access to the internet. Plus, They've taken the "roughing it" out of camping by offering Kamping Kabins® and Kamping Kottages®.
 National Park Service Campground and Tour Reservation Site
They hope you find this an easy and convenient way to make reservations for one of their country's diverse National Parks or Recreational Areas.
 Funroads  -  Get Outta Town!

Car Rentals Alaska

 

 Holiday Autos -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 Sixt -  

More Rental Cars? See Car Rentals

Holiday Homes / Apartments

 Home Base Holidays
Home exchange vacations; enabling house swap holidays since 1985
 Home Exchange
 International Home Exchange
International Vacation Rentals & Home exchange

Hostels

 HI-USA  -  American affiliate of the Hostelling International network
 IYHF  -  International Youth Hostel Federation

Hotels in Alaska

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

 Hotels.com -   

More hotels? See Page Hotels.

National Parks / State Parks

 Denali National Park & Preserve
It's more than a mountain. Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320 -foot tall Mount McKinley. The Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many large glaciers. Denali's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and moose.
 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
 Kenai Fjords National Park
 Chugach National Forest

 Alaska State Parks

 National Park Service
The NPS works with communities to preserve and care for neighborhood treasures. They also work with teachers to create unique opportunities for students to learn about history at the real places where events unfolded.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

Travelsphere  
Travelsphere is the UK's No. 1 operator of escorted holidays.

  Kuoni Travel   - Family holidays Alaska
Travelling in Alaska is like traveling no other place on earth. Choose from wildlife viewing, sea kayaking and guided glacier hikes. Relax aboard a one-day cruise, pan for gold, bait a rod for Alaska's world famous King salmon fishing.
Alaska has 119 state parks spread across Southeast, Southcentral, Interior and Western Alaska and include historical sites and lots of wilderness!

  -  Create your perfect trip to Alaska  -  Flight, Hotel and Car



Local Travel Organizations / Tour Operators :

 Alaskan Charter Boats  -  Cruise Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage
Alaska Charter Boats offers a choice of over 50 luxurious to very affordable yachts and boats. Experienced and knowledgeable Alaskans located in Juneau providing charters throughout the state.
Your wilderness adventure can include fishing, kayaking, hot springs, beach combing, glacier viewing, whale watching and exploring those special places where the big boats can't go.
 Alaska Wildland Adventures
Find yourself in a place where wilderness and comfort peacefully coexist. Enjoy the variety of wildlife and scenery which only Alaska can offer: from seacoast glaciers to salmon-filled streams. View snow capped mountains, brown bears, and soaring eagles. Take some time to relax under the midnight sun, knowing that our experienced team will guide you to places few know well, for the trip of a lifetime.
Destinations in Alaska : Denali National Park, Kenai Natinal Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Fjords National Park, Chugach National Forest, Arctic Region, Inside Passage
 Air Excursions
Offers passenger and freight service throughout Southeast Alaska with offices in Juneau and Gustavus. Tours specializing in Glacier Bay & the Juneau Ice Cap. Excursions feature remote drop-off's, bear viewing, fly-in fishing & rafting or kayaking.
 Glacier Trekking / NorthStar Trekking
NorthStar Trekking offers three levels of glacier trekking experiences on the glaciers of the Juneau Icefield. The treks are designed to provide small groups of clients with no mountaineering experience an informative and in-depth glacier experience. A broad range of physical abilities can be accomodated on the three levels of treks offered. Appropriate mountaineering gear is provided for each level of trekking.
 Green Tortoise  -  Alaska Loop [ 14 days ]
Explore this majestic world of temperate rainforests, snow-capped mountains, and crystal-clear seas - home to abundant and untouched wildlife. The Green Tortoise Alaska Loop promises to fulfill every nature lover's dream!
 Green Tortoise  -  Alaskan Expedition - 27 Days
Our ultimate Adventure! Uncover the majestic landscapes of British Colombia, Alaska, and the Yukon Territory and see for yourself this world where temperate rainforests, snow-capped mountains, and crystal-clear seas are home to abundant and untouched wildlife.
 LAB Flying Service
Year round scheduled flights between many Southeast Alaskan communities. Charters and flightseeing tours view spectacular glacial scenery.
 Row International  -  Yacht charter in Alaska
 Skagway Air Service
Locally owned year-round airline providing daily flights between Skagway, Juneau & Haines with flag stops in Gustavus and Hoonah. Sightseeing, freight & charter services.
 Southeast Aviation
Your first-class ticket to flightseeing from the historic Ketchikan waterfront to crystal clear lakes, lush rainforests, ice-blue glaciers and rugged snow-capped mountains in Misty Fjords & Glacier, bear-viewing excursions, and sportsfishing charters.

Travel Guides Alaska / Travel Related Books

Travel Guides USA [ Amazon.co.uk ]
The Rough Guide to the USA (Rough Guide Travel Guides) 
By Samantha Cook, Tim Perry (Editor), Greg Ward (Editor)
The Rough Guide to the USA is the most comprehensive and colourful guide to the fifty states available. There are lively accounts of every region and attraction from the bright lights of Broadway to the vast open plains of Wyoming. The guide gives refreshingly opinionated reviews of the established sights and landmarks as well as uncovering many of the lesser-known gems, allowing the visitor to make the most of their trip. There are feature boxes that provide information on a variety of subjects from the Delta blues to the geology of the Grand Canyon. There are also maps and plans to help you navigate around the major attractions, inner city streets or interstates
Paperback 1440 pages (October 28, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides
USA (Lonely Planet Country Guides S.) 
By Loretta Chilcoat, Susan Derby, Beth Greenfield, Carolyn Hellor
This Lonely Planet guide covers all 50 U.S. states. It is packed with pre-trip planning advice, itinerary suggestions, distance charts and tips on the most interesting way of getting from A to B.
Paperback 1164 pages (March 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications 

Transportation / How do I travel to Alaska

  Anchorage Airport  -  Anchorage International Airport

 
British Airways is the UK's largest international scheduled airline. Whether customers are in the air or on the ground, British Airways takes pride in providing an excellent service experience.

 
American Airlines makes it easier than ever to visit the US - with up to 24 daily non-stop flights from the UK to over 200 destinations across the Americas, the Caribbean and beyond - as you'd expect from the world's largest airline.

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Alaska Airlines / Horizon Air
 Wings of Alaska
Wings of Alaska is the premier airline serving Southeast Alaska. We provide scheduled passenger service, fast freight and charter service throughout Northern Southeast Alaska...

 Alaska Railroad

 Transportation & Public Facilities, State of Alaska

 Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System  -  Tour Alaska's Coast
Indescribable adventure awaits at every bend of Alaska's incredible coastline. Each magnificent fjord, towering glacier, and historic waterfront town urges you to linger and discover its wonders. Give yourself the freedom to answer this "call of the wild" on an AMHS ferry ship, through the Inside Passage, across the Gulf of Alaska, into Prince William Sound, and out to the Aleutians. And in every port, there's plenty to do and see.
Let AMHS provide your room and prepare your meals, or sleep in the solarium and have a picnic. Bring along your car, RV, boat, or bicycle, but leave the driving to us!

 Maps of Alaska [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]
 Mapblast! Driving Directions - streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally  -  Route Planner Alaska
 Multimap.com

 Weather Information for Visitors


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Official Alaska State Travel Website

 State of Alaska [ Government ]

 City of Juneau  -  State Capital Alaska  -  Travel Juneau [ Tourism ]
Juneau, Alaska's bustling capital and gateway to Glacier Bay, nestles between towering mountains and the Gastineau Channel. Although a modern city, Juneau wears its romantic Gold Rush past proudly. Exhibits, museums, and enchanting performances are waiting to entertain you. The Mendenhall Glacier and U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center offers programs, a naturalist to answer questions, trails and nature walks, and a panoramic view of the glacier face. Nearby Admiralty Island National Monument shelters the largest brown bear population in Southeast Alaska.

 Aleutian Islands & Alaska Peninsula
The Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula sweep more than 1500 miles from Cook Inlet toward Asia. This region sits atop the "Ring of Fire," a string of volcanoes along the Pacific Rim, and boasts several wildlife refuges. The harsh weather precludes ferry service in the winter, but each spring the Alaska Marine Highway resumes its regular sailings to the seven westward communities of Chignik, Sand Point, King Cove, Cold Bay, False Pass, Akutan, and Unalaska/Dutch Harbor.
 Bush Alaska
 Interior Alaska
The Interior is an outdoors-oriented region. Activities include fishing, hunting, hiking, camping with or without RVs, rafting, golf, snowmobiling, dog-sled riding, skiing, birding and gold panning.
 North Slope
 Panhandle Alaska
 South Central Alaska
 Tanana Valley

 Kenai Peninsula  -  Kenai, Homer, Soldotna, Seward
 Lake Clark
 Mat-Su Valley  -  Wasilla, Palmer and Talkeetna
Surrounded by stunning mountain ranges, glaciers and rivers the Matanuska-Susitna Valley offers everything you're looking for in an Alaska vacation. Beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and amazing views of Mt. McKinley combined with our quality hotels and lodging, diverse activities, and unique attractions make the Mat-Su Valley a 'must do' for any Alaska vacation itinerary.
There's plenty of opportunity to try something new in Mat-Su - flightseeing, glacier trekking, dog-sledding, airboat or jetboat tours and river rafting in Palmer, Wasilla and Talkeetna. Adventure and hospitality await you at every turn.
 Yukon
Yukon Communities : Beaver Creek, Burwash Landing/ Destruction Bay, Carcross/Tagish, Carmacks, Faro, Haines Junction, Keno City, Marsh Lake, Mayo, Old Crow, Pelly Crossing, Ross River, Teslin, Watson Lake and Whitehorse

 Anchorage  -  The largest city in the state Alaska and the hub of Alaska's air travel
 Anchorage  -  Official Anchorage Alaska Travel Guide
 Big Lake Chamber of Commerce
 Fairbanks  -  Fairbanks  -  Fairbanks Alaska CVB
 Haines  -  Destination Haines Alaska Valley of the Eagles
At the northern end of America's longest fjord, Haines shares a border with 20 million acres of protected wilderness. The heart of Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park is less than 25 miles by air from downtown Haines, and Canada's Kluane National Park and Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park are just up the road. As you can imagine, opportunities for outdoor recreation are endless. And this is just part of what makes Haines the Alaska of your dreams!
 Ketchikan  -  Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Ketchikan is Alaska's southernmost major city. Its waterfront buildings rise above Tongass Narrows supported by a forest of pilings and joined together by a picturesque boardwalk. Visit the world's largest collection of totem poles at Saxman, Totem Bight, and the Totem Heritage Center.
 Petersburg  -  Petersburg, Alaska Chamber of Commerce Community Guide
Petersburg is off the beaten path of cruise ships and is famous for its Norwegian heritage which shows so beautifully in the decorative designs found on its homes and shop fronts. Local tours await you, too, offering spectacular views of the LeConte Glacier, the southernmost tidewater glacier in North America.
 Seward
 Sitka  -  Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau  -  The Natural Place To Visit
Sitka Alaska is your Alaskan treasure! Views of Island-studded waters, stately spruce forests, jagged mountains and towering volcano surround Alaska's most beautiful seaside town.
Sitka by the sea! Experience Sitka's riches with warm hospitality, ancient Tlingit living culture and history, unique Russian heritage, fact filled museums, hand-carved totems, abundant Alaskan wildlife and plenty of exciting adventure!
 Skagway  -  Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau  -  Gateway to the Klondike
A place exists in Alaska where the past lives on, where the cries of "gold in the Yukon" still echo from steep canyon walls, where the sounds of barroom pianos and boomtown crowds ring out in the night. A place where the romance and excitement of yesteryear linger around every street corner, every bend in the trail. That place is Skagway.
The National Park Service and the City of Skagway have made this one of the best historic sites in Alaska. The Klondike Highway follows part of the White Pass route and connects with the Alaska Highway at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
 Wrangell-St. Elias  -  Wrangel Tourism
Whether you are an adventurer looking for an unforgettable Alaska outdoor experience or a business searching for excellent entrepreneurial prospects, the friendly Alaskan community of Wrangell, the Gateway to the Stikine River, offers exciting opportunities for everyone.
A thrilling variety of Alaska wildlife excursions take you up close to glaciers, help you catch the fish of a life time, and find the Alaska wildlife you are searching for. Anan Bear and Wildlife Observatory is favorite spot to view Alaska brown and black bears up close as they feast on Wrangell's abundant salmon.
Wrangell is the "Gateway to the Stikine River", the fastest free-flowing navigable river in North America. Wrangell also hosts the largest springtime concentration of bald eagles in the world.
 Yakutat  -  Greater Yakutat Chamber of Commerce
Located on the scenic Gulf Coast of Alaska, and surrounded by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Tongass National Forest, Yakutat attracts a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts to hike beaches, float rivers, explore bays and passages, climb mountains, view glaciers, and surf remote breaks. Yakutat Bay provides the finest saltwater sport fishing in Alaska.

 List of cities in Alaska [ Wiki ]

 News from Alaska  -  Frontiersman Newspaper
 Northern Lights Alaska
 Public Broadcasting Alaska  -  AlaskaOne TV 
 Radio  - KMBQ 99.7 FM
 TV  -  KTOO TV & FM
 University  -  University of Alaska

Cuisine  -  Alaskan Recipes

 Alaska Wildland Adventures  -  see Alaska Recipes
Halibut with Corn Fritters and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Linguine with Lemon & Smoked Salmon, Fresh Salmon over Linguine, Orange-Cranberry-Pecan Scones, Fillet of Caribou with Wild Game Sauce
 Alaska Seafood
With over 3 million lakes, 3,000 rivers and 34,000 miles of coastline, Alaska is one of the most bountiful fishing regions in the world, producing seafood known for its abundance and variety. Among them: five species of salmon, three types of crab, and several varieties of whitefish. Swimming wild in these icy pure waters, and feeding on a natural diet, Alaska Seafood develops a superior texture and unparalleled flavor prized by chefs and connoisseurs alike.
 Cook It Frozen  -  Techniques & Recipes
You're craving seafood for dinner, but the seafood at the supermarket - or at home - is frozen. All the better! Alaska frozen seafood can be quickly and easily prepared without thawing. Try it grilled, broiled, baked, sautéed, or in soups and chowders. Alaska frozen seafood goes from frozen to fabulous in a flash!

 Historic American Recipes 
Apple-Fritters | Dough-Nuts | Cocoa-nut Drops | Molasses Gingerbread | Common Gingerbread | Election Cake | Indian Meal Pudding | Fried Sweet Potatoes | Sweet Potato Pie | Beef-Stake | German Chicken Stew | Jack Rabbit Stew | To Roast a Pig | Broiled Scrod | To boil a Cod's Head.

History of Alaska

 Yukon Genealogy - see 'Dawson City Museum Pan for Gold Database'
information on individuals who were in the Yukon during the gold rush years.

 National Park Service - Links to the past
Explore America's cultural resources - buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts.

Music, Arts & Culture, Entertainment

 The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
 Mat-Su Libraries

 Ticketmaster.com  -  Concerts, Sports, Theater

Web Portals / Search Engines / Directory

 Alaska Outdoors Adventures
This directory of Alaskan adventures includes: fishing lodge & guide information; hunting outfitters and guides; links to fishing and hunting lodges; bush air charters and flying services; fly-in, unguided drop off hunting and fishing trips; and fully guided fishing and hunting packages.
 Alaskan.com  -  your guide to America's Last Frontier.
Featured inside are valuable resources and information on Alaska's businesses, Alaska travel information, tour operators and guides, Alaska real estate and much more!
 Alaska.com
 Juneau.com  -  Juneau Community Website
Juneau's attractions include the mighty Mendenhall Glacier, the Mt. Roberts Tram, and incredible wildlife viewing and fishing. Some of the more popular activities enjoyed are world class salmon and halibut fishing, glacier hikes and dog sledding, whale watching, shopping, and people watching.
 SLED - Statewide Library Electronic Doorway

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