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U Water, drinking 275 Wildlife (cont.)
Ugadaga Head 215 Water parks polar bears 227
Uganik Island 207 H2Oasis (Anchorage) 80 Pribilof Islands 217
Ukkuqsi Archaeological Site (Barrow) Waterfalls temperate rainforests 131
226 Bridal Veil Falls 121 Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 195
Unalaska 19, 54, 214–15 Brooks Falls 202 urban wildlife in Anchorage 75
map 214 Horsetail Falls 121 Walrus Islands State Game
Unangax see Aleuts Juneau Creek Falls 101 Sanctuary 208
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Million Dollar Falls 154 walruses 208
Glacier Bay National Park 125, Thunderbird Falls 81 whale-watching at Highway Bay 147
146–7 Weather see Climate The wolves of Denali 169
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 181, Weaver, Jered 71 Wood-Tikchik State Park 209
192–3 Webber, Mike 122 see also Aquariums; Birds; National
United States of America Western Alaska see Arctic and parks; Zoos
Alaska purchase 55 Western Alaska Will Rogers and Wiley Post
University of Alaska Museum of the Western Interior Alaska 157–79 Monument (Barrow) 226
North (Fairbanks) 14, 175 hotels 244–5 Willow 60–61, 160
US Congress 21, 55, 58, 59 map 158–9 Wine 249
Usibelli, Emil 172 restaurants 254–5 Winfield, Dave 71
V travel 159 Winter in Alaska 23, 48–9
visitor information 271
Wiring money 276
Valdes y Basan, Antonio 120 Whalebone Arch (Barrow) 226–7 Wiseman 14
Valdez 41, 115, 120–21 Whales and whaling Dalton Highway tour 222
hotels 243 beluga whales 84 Wolves of Denali 169
restaurants 253 Glacier Bay 147 Wonder Lake 166, 169
Trans-Alaska Pipeline 186, 120 Kenai Fjords National Park 106 Wood-Tikchik State Park 209
Valdez Museum 120 Native Alaskans 24 World Championship Sled Dog Races
Valley of 10,000 Smokes 210 Wheelchair access see Disabled 43
Van Buren, Edith 57 travelers World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
Vancouver, Captain George 54, 55 White Pass 15, 153 (Fairbanks) 47
Misty Fiords National Monument 130 White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad World Ice Art Championship
Prince of Wales Island 132 150, 152 (Fairbanks) 49
Vegetables 88 Whitehorse (Canada) 199 World War II 22, 59
Vegetarian food 247 Whitewater rafting 266, 267 Mount Ballyhoo (Dutch Harbor) 215
Veniaminov, Bishop Ioan (St. Denali National Park 167 Western Interior Alaska 157
Innocent) Whitney, Jesse 120 Worthington Glacier 121
Church of the Holy Ascension Whitney, Maxine 120 Wrangell 39, 125, 136–7
(Unalaska) 214 Whitney Museum (Valdez) 120 Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand von 136
Russian Bishop’s House (Sitka) 141 Whittier 40, 115, 116, 118 Wrangell Mountains 181, 192
St. Innocent Russian Orthodox hotels 243 Wrangell Museum 136
Cathedral (Anchorage) 78 restaurants 253 Wrangell Narrows 39
St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Whittier, John Greenleaf 118 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 61,
Cathedral (Sitka) 37, 140 Wickersham, Judge James 143, 197 155, 181, 192–3
Visas 270 Wickersham State Historical Site Visitors’ Center 185
Visitor information 270, 271 (Juneau) 143 Wyland, Robert
Volcanoes 28–9, 203 Wikan, Bojer 138 Wyland Whale Mural (Anchorage) 71
Aniakchak Caldera 212 ”Wild Rivers” 219, 224 Wynn, Carl E 113
Great Sitkin 28 Wilderness lodges 241 Y
Makushin 215 Wilderness Woman (Talkeetna) 49
Mount Augustine 29, 61 Wildfires 61, 195, 275 Yakutat 41
Mount Cleveland 28 Wildflowers and berries 232 Yukon-Charley Rivers National
Mount Douglas 211 Wildlife 20, 32–3 Preserve 196, 198
Mount Iliamna 209 Alaska SeaLife Center (Seward) 13, Yukon Quest International Sled Dog
Mount Katmai 211 104–5 Race 43, 49
Mount Redoubt 61, 209 Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Yukon River 14, 181, 198–9
Mount Spurr 109 85 Yukon Route Railroad 15, 56
Mount Veniaminof 29 Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory Yukon Territory (Canada) 19, 181
Mount Wrangell 192 137 Dawson City 199, 200–201
Novarupta 28, 29, 58, 206, 208, 210, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge Yukutat 155
211 84 Yup’ik 22, 27, 219
Shishaldin 213 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 61, Alaska Native Heritage Center
219, 224 (Anchorage) 76
W Arctic tundra 225 Anchorage Museum 73
Walker Lake 220 bears 111 crafts 25
Walks see Hiking beluga whales 84 Gambell 235
Walrus Island 216, 217 boreal forest 161 whaling 24
Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary Denali State Park 164
208 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Z
Walruses 208 213 Zoos
Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Kachemak State Park 113 Alaska Zoo (Anchorage) 12, 80
Station (Talkeetna) 162 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 109 Musk Ox Farm 89
Warner, Clarence 188 Kodiak bears 207 Reindeer Farm 88
Washburn, Barbara 162 Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge 207 see also Aquariums; Wildlife
Washburn, Bradford 162, 163 McNeil River State Game Sanctuary
Wasilla 89 211
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