Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide 2017 - Alaska

10  INTRODUCING ALASK A

DISCOVERING ALASKA

The following tours have been created Anchorage, and its neighbor Seward. These
to take in a number of Alaska’s highlights. tours can be taken on their own or combined
In an area as vast and rugged as Alaska, to form a seven- or ten-day tour taking in
some long-distance journeys are needed the scenic Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai tour
to reach more remote locations such as the is followed by two seven-day itineraries
Arctic; however, the itineraries are designed encompassing the wildest and most scenic
to keep travel time and distance realistic. parts of the state: the far north and Arctic,
To begin with, there are two three-day and the Gold Rush Territory to the east.
city tours, covering the most popular city, Pick, choose, and combine at your leisure.

Barrow

Prudhoe Bay
Deadhorse
Colville

Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
Gates of the Arctic
National Park
Wiseman
Coldfoot
Koyukak River
Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle Sign
Aurora borealis Koyukuk Finger Mountain
A winter trip to Alaska can be made magical by the appearance Trans-Alaska Pipeline Yukon
Yukon River and
of the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights.
Yukon Arctic Circle Trading Post
Fairbanks
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A Week in the
Far North and Arctic See Kenai Peninsula
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• Experience the pristine Anchorage
wilderness of Alaska’s far
northern territory.
• Cross the line to get
your official Arctic Circle Skagway White Pass Summit
Certificate.
• Visit a working oilfield, try Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau
your hand at panning for
gold, and hear stories of
survival in this harshest
of climates. Sitka
• Watch a dog sled team train,
and visit a Native village to
meet with the elders.
Ketchikan
• Brave the cold to catch the The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
mesmerising Northern An astonishing feat of engineering, the pipeline
Lights across the sky. crosses some of the most barren landscapes of
North America, carrying the “black gold.”

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