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Atigun River 220 Birds (cont.) El Capitan Cave (Prince of Wales
Atlantic-Richfield Company (ARCO) bald eagles 149 Island) 133
60 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve 149 Captain Cook Monument
Aurora borealis 10, 14, 157, 176, 218 Creamer’s Field Migratory (Anchorage) 75
Aurora Ice Museum (Chena Hot Waterfowl Refuge (Fairbanks) 174 Captain Cook State Recreation Area
Springs) 177 festivals 46 109
B kittiwakes 119 Capurro, Damon 102
Caribou 20
Pribilof Islands 217
Baggage restrictions Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 195 Carl E. Wynn Nature Center (Homer)
air travel 281 Whittier 118 113
Bald eagles 149 Black bears 111 Carmack, George Washington 150,
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve 149 Blackstone Bay 118 201
Balto’s Statue (Anchorage) 71 The Blanket Toss 231 Carrie M McLain Museum (Nome)
Ban Island 207 Blind River Rapids 139 233
Banking 276 Blockhouse (Sitka) 141 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shoot-
Banknotes 277 Blueberry Arts Festival (Ketchikan) Out (Anchorage) 48
Baranof Island 140 47 Cars 288–9
Baranov, Alexander 36, 55, 206 Boats Alaska Highway 290–91
Baranov Museum (Kodiak) 206 Alaska Marine Highway 282–3 on Alaska Marine Highway ferries
Barnette, E T 174 cruising 256–63 283
Barrow 14, 64, 226–7 cruising the Gulf Route 40–41 Cassiar Highway 291
climate 50 cruising the Inside Passage 38–9 gas stations 289
festivals 47 fjord cruises in Aialik Bay 107 off-road driving 289
hotels 245 MV Tustumena 203, 215 renting 288, 289
map 227 Riverboat Discovery (Fairbanks) 14, rules of the road 288–9
restaurants 255 175 see also Tours by car
Bars Bodenburg Butte 88 Carter, Jimmy 61
Anchorage 94–5 Bore Tide 84 Casinos
Bartlett Cove 147 Boreal forest 32, 161 on cruise ships 260
Baseball 71 Breakfast 246 Diamond Tooth Gertie’s (Dawson
Bear Lake 176 Bridal Veil Falls 121 City) 200
Bears 111 Bristol Bay Watershed 20 Cassiar Highway 291
Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory British Columbia 19 Cathedrals
137 Brooks Camp 210 Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox
King Cove 213 Brooks Falls 202 Cathedral (Kodiak) 206
Kodiak bears 207 Brooks Range 218, 223, 224 St. Innocent Russian Orthodox
polar bears 227 Brooks River 210 Cathedral (Anchorage) 19, 78
Beaufort Sea 226 Brower, Charles Dewitt 227 St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox
Beauty salons Brown bears 111 Cathedral (Sitka) 37, 124, 140
on cruise ships 259 Brushkana River see also Churches
Beaver Clan House 65 Denali Highway tour 165 Catherine II, Tsarina 54
Bed-and-Breakfasts 239, 241 Brynteson, John 233 Caves
Beer 249 Buckner, General William 213 El Capitan Cave (Prince of Wales
Alaskan Brewing Company 144 Bunnell Street Arts Center (Homer) Island) 133
festivals 46 13, 112 Cell phones 278
Begich-Boggs Visitor Center The Burled Arch (Nome) 233 Cemeteries
Turnagain Arm tour 85 Buschmann, Peter 138, 139 Russian Cemetery (Sitka) 141
Beluga Point Buses 284, 285 Talkeetna Cemetery 162
Turnagain Arm tour 84 Bush travel 79, 264–5, 267 Central
Beluga whales 84 Steese Highway tour 179
Bennett Lake (British Columbia) 153 C Change cards 276
Benny Benson Memorial (Seward) Cabins, public use 240, 241 Chaplin, Charlie 57
102 Caines Head State Recreation Area Charley River 196
Bering, Vitus 54 (Seward) 103 Chatanika
Bering Glacier 41 Campgrounds 240, 241 Steese Highway tour 179
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Canada 19 Chena Dome Trail 177
235 Dawson City 181, 199, 200–201 Chena Hot Springs 177
Bering Sea 217 Yukon Territory 19, 181 Chena River 156
Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic 49 Cannon Beach 155 Chena River State Recreation Area
Beringia 53 Canoeing 266, 267 177
Bernard Lake 153 Cross-Island Canoe Route Chicken 196
Berries 232 (Admiralty Island) 139 Chief Shakes Island (Wrangell) 136
Berton, Frank 201 Honker River Canoe Route 133 Chigmit Mountains 209
Big Delta State Historical Park 185 Lynx Lake Loop 160 Chignik 212
Big Diomede 36 Swan Lakes Loop 109 Children 272, 273
Big Lake 160 Swanson River Canoe Route 109 in Anchorage 95
Binkley family 178 Yukon River 199 on cruise ships 261
Birch, Stephen 188 Cantwell 164 in restaurants 247
Birch Creek Access Canyon City 152 Childs Glacier 123
Steese Highway tour 179 Cape Fox people 129 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve 149
Birds 34–5 Cape Krusenstern National Chilkat Pass
Alaska Raptor Center (Sitka) 141 Monument 231 Haines Cut-Off tour 154
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