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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Alaska!
•Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor’s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of Alaska with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos.
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Alaska provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Alaska features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Alaska.
•Experience Alaska like a local! Fodor’s Alaska includes unique photo-features that impart the state’s culture, covering bears, whales, native crafts, Denali National Park & Preserve, the Midnight Sun, glaciers, and Alaska's Gold Rush, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Pullout color map and updated topographical maps of the best parks and preserves.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Alaska!
•Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor’s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of Alaska with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos.
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Alaska provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Alaska features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Alaska.
•Experience Alaska like a local! Fodor’s Alaska includes unique photo-features that impart the state’s culture, covering bears, whales, native crafts, Denali National Park & Preserve, the Midnight Sun, glaciers, and Alaska's Gold Rush, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Pullout color map and updated topographical maps of the best parks and preserves.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Be a Fodor's Correspondent............3
About This Book............7
Chapter 1: Experience Alaska............8
What's Where............10
Alaska Planner............12
Alaska Today............14
Top Alaska Attractions............16
Top Experiences............18
Quintessential Alaska............20
If You Like............22
Great Itineraries............24
Alaska's History............26
Flora and Fauna of Alaska............30
Chapter 2: Sports and Wilderness Adventures............43
Planning Your Adventure............45
Sports, Top Regions, and Tours............55
Enjoying Alaska's Wildlife............79
Whale-Watching Cruises............86
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Cruise............93
Cruising in Alaska............95
Chapter 4: Southeast Alaska............109
Welcome to Southeast Alaska............110
Southeast Alaska Planner............112
Ketchikan............115
Around Ketchikan............129
Wrangell............137
Petersburg............143
Sitka............149
Juneau............165
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve............187
Haines............193
Skagway............200
Chapter 5: Anchorage............213
Welcome to Anchorage............214
Anchorage Planner............216
Exploring Anchorage............219
Outdoor Activities and Guided Tours............226
Where to Eat............231
Where to Stay............242
Nightlife and the Arts............251
Shopping............257
Sports............261
Chapter 6: South Central Alaska............263
Welcome to South Central Alaska............264
South Central Alaska Planner............266
Prince William Sound............269
Kenai Peninsula............290
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond............329
Chapter 7: The Interior and Denali National Park and Preserve............343
Welcome to the Interior............344
The Interior Planner............346
Fairbanks............349
North of Fairbanks............369
Denali National Park and Preserve............381
Fortymile Country............407
Yukon Territory............413
Chapter 8: The Bush............425
Welcome to The Bush............426
The Bush Planner............428
Southwest............435
Northwest and the Arctic............459
Understanding Alaska............479
Fishing the Last Frontier: In Search of Holy Water............480
At a Glance............482
Native Alaskans............484
Alaska: A Geologic Story............487
Books and Movies............491
Travel Smart Alaska............493
Getting Here and Around............494
Essentials............502
Index............512
About Our Writers............528
ALASKA IN FOCUS
Experience Alaska
Let the Journey Begin............36
Sports and Wilderness Adventures
Keepers of the Deep: A Look at Alaska's Whales............87
Southeast AlaskaMade in Alaska............151
Gold! Gold! Gold! ............203
Anchorage
The Glorious and Relentless Midnight Sun............254
South Central Alaska
Alaska's Glaciers: Notorious Landscape Architects............302
The Interior and Denali National Park and Preserve
The High One: Mount McKinley............38
The Bush
Welcome to Bear Country............445
MAPS
Parks and Wildlife Refuges =............48-49
Ketchikan............116
Around Ketchikan............130
Wrangell............138
Petersburg............144
Sitka............156
Juneau............168
Trips from Juneau............181
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve............188
Haines............195
Skagway............201
Anchorage............220-221
Where to Stay and Eat in Anchorage............234-235
Prince William Sound............270
Kenai Peninsula............291
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond............331
Fairbanks............350
North of Fairbanks............372
Denali National Park and Preserve............384-385
Forty Mile Country and the Yukon............415
Dawson City............417
The Southwest............436
Northwest and the Arctic............460
About This Book............7
Chapter 1: Experience Alaska............8
What's Where............10
Alaska Planner............12
Alaska Today............14
Top Alaska Attractions............16
Top Experiences............18
Quintessential Alaska............20
If You Like............22
Great Itineraries............24
Alaska's History............26
Flora and Fauna of Alaska............30
Chapter 2: Sports and Wilderness Adventures............43
Planning Your Adventure............45
Sports, Top Regions, and Tours............55
Enjoying Alaska's Wildlife............79
Whale-Watching Cruises............86
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Cruise............93
Cruising in Alaska............95
Chapter 4: Southeast Alaska............109
Welcome to Southeast Alaska............110
Southeast Alaska Planner............112
Ketchikan............115
Around Ketchikan............129
Wrangell............137
Petersburg............143
Sitka............149
Juneau............165
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve............187
Haines............193
Skagway............200
Chapter 5: Anchorage............213
Welcome to Anchorage............214
Anchorage Planner............216
Exploring Anchorage............219
Outdoor Activities and Guided Tours............226
Where to Eat............231
Where to Stay............242
Nightlife and the Arts............251
Shopping............257
Sports............261
Chapter 6: South Central Alaska............263
Welcome to South Central Alaska............264
South Central Alaska Planner............266
Prince William Sound............269
Kenai Peninsula............290
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond............329
Chapter 7: The Interior and Denali National Park and Preserve............343
Welcome to the Interior............344
The Interior Planner............346
Fairbanks............349
North of Fairbanks............369
Denali National Park and Preserve............381
Fortymile Country............407
Yukon Territory............413
Chapter 8: The Bush............425
Welcome to The Bush............426
The Bush Planner............428
Southwest............435
Northwest and the Arctic............459
Understanding Alaska............479
Fishing the Last Frontier: In Search of Holy Water............480
At a Glance............482
Native Alaskans............484
Alaska: A Geologic Story............487
Books and Movies............491
Travel Smart Alaska............493
Getting Here and Around............494
Essentials............502
Index............512
About Our Writers............528
ALASKA IN FOCUS
Experience Alaska
Let the Journey Begin............36
Sports and Wilderness Adventures
Keepers of the Deep: A Look at Alaska's Whales............87
Southeast AlaskaMade in Alaska............151
Gold! Gold! Gold! ............203
Anchorage
The Glorious and Relentless Midnight Sun............254
South Central Alaska
Alaska's Glaciers: Notorious Landscape Architects............302
The Interior and Denali National Park and Preserve
The High One: Mount McKinley............38
The Bush
Welcome to Bear Country............445
MAPS
Parks and Wildlife Refuges =............48-49
Ketchikan............116
Around Ketchikan............130
Wrangell............138
Petersburg............144
Sitka............156
Juneau............168
Trips from Juneau............181
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve............188
Haines............195
Skagway............201
Anchorage............220-221
Where to Stay and Eat in Anchorage............234-235
Prince William Sound............270
Kenai Peninsula............291
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond............331
Fairbanks............350
North of Fairbanks............372
Denali National Park and Preserve............384-385
Forty Mile Country and the Yukon............415
Dawson City............417
The Southwest............436
Northwest and the Arctic............460
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