

The definitive Alaska-Yukon guide. Great map. If you like to travel with a guidebook in hand, this iis the one to have. It is however hefty. |
Frommers has a deservedly good name for travel guides. The author is a long-time
Alaskan who knows the nooks and crannies |
Primarily geared to the canping- backpacking off the beaten track visitor, Lonely
Planet still has great information and insighs for all travelers to Alaska. |
Great Alaska Guidebooks |
Alaska Geographic Incredible pictures, insightful text in the grand tradition of National Geographic |
The Bald eagle is so prevalent in Alaska, that the Tlingits named one of their two
major social divisions the Eagles This book shows our national bird in
all its splendor. |
Wildlife |
Locations |
Southeast Alaska, the famed Inside Passage, the world's largest temperate rainforest,
my personal version of paradise. |
The Athabascans called it Denali, the Great One, so do Alaskans, There is no place
on earth like Denali. |
Beautiful Sitka-by-the-Sea, formerly the capital of Russian Alaska. History, beauty
and the Pacific Ocean all meet togethr in this fascinating town. |
Step back in time in Glacier Bay. Expereince the world as it existed thousands of
years ago and then view how the earth comes back from an Ice Age. |
The place of Robert Service and Jack London, Dawson City will take you back to the
days of the Klondike. |
The largest mammals in the world have a number of roles they play in Alaska. For
many of us, it's to watch them in awe. But the people of the Arctic, they are a
traditional sourcr of protein |
Alaska is home to three species of bears, the black the brown and the polar, all
lovingly photgraphed here. |
Alaska Native People and their Arts |
Alaska is home to rich and very diverse Native Cultures |
A survey of the various Alaska Native Art forms |
The Williamsburg of the West. Along with sites in Whitehorse and Dawson City
Yukon Territory and Pioneer Square in Seattle, Washington, downtown Skagway is
part of the Klondike Gold Rush Internatioal Historic Park System.. |