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A Week in Gold Rush Territory

• Tour the mighty railroad north to Canada’s
Mendenhall Glacier, Yukon, site of the great
and hike along rainforest Klondike Gold Rush.
trails beside waterfalls • Visit Native galleries for
and streams. high-quality arts and crafts.
• Learn how thousands of
• Learn about the
prospectors staked their extraordinary blending
lives on dreams of gold. of Russian and American
• Ride the Alaska Marine cultures in one of Alaska’s
Highway for the scenic most beautiful towns.
cruise of a lifetime. • Catch your own salmon or
• Follow the prospecting halibut; eat it fresh, or have
Barrow trail on the White Pass it shipped home.
The Yukon Route A narrow-gauge
Prudhoe Bay railway follows the gold rush trail over
Deadhorse the awesome White Pass summit.
Colville 0 km 50 Anchorage
0 miles 50
Turnagain
Arm Outdoor Adventures
Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge in the Kenai Peninsula
Gates of the Arctic
National Park Cooper • Take cruises and hikes to
Wiseman Landing
Coldfoot Exit Glacier Seward get close up to glaciers.
Koyukak River • Meet harbor seals, sea lions,
Arctic Circle
Fox
Arctic Circle Sign Island and a giant octopus at the
Koyukuk Finger Mountain Yukon Halibut National Park superb Alaska SeaLife Center.
Kenai Fjords
Cove
Yukon River and
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Homer • Make a helicopter trip to try
Kachemak Bay
State Park your hand at dog-mushing.
Yukon Arctic Circle Trading Post
• Practice your skills at fishing
Fairbanks
or sea-kayaking.
• Spot wildlife with the help

of experienced guides on
Key a river float trip.
Far North and Arctic tour • Browse local art galleries and
Gold Rush Territory tour see craftsmen at work; shop
for unique souvenirs.
Kenai Peninsula tour
See Kenai Peninsula
inset map
Anchorage
White Pass Summit
Skagway
Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau
Sitka
Ketchikan
Glacial majesty Tour boats sail thrillingly
close to the ice face, while everyone hopes
to see the spectacle of the glacier calving.

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