House of travel Canada & Alaska Brochure 2017 | Page 38

Welcome to Alaska Arctic Ocean Barrow B Prudhoe Bay FAR NORTH Coldfoot ALASKA INTERIOR Fairbanks North Pole CANADA Denali National Park Talkeetna SOUTHWEST Bering Sea SOUTHCENTRAL Anchorage Valdez Seward Skagway Gulf of Alaska Kodiak Island Juneau Sitka INSIDE PASSAGE Petersburg Ketchikan 34 rilliant ice blue glaciers, whales, moose, bears, remote wilderness and unique native cultures are just some of the unforgettable memories that ‘The Last Frontier’, the largest state the USA has to offer. Five distinct regions make up this great land – South Central, Inside Passage, the Interior, Far North and Southwest. Anchorage is the gateway to the adventure, culture and incredible landscapes. Great Bear Lake Start the day with some shopping and end it watching the carving of a glacier on board a narrated cruise. Cruise the waters of the Inside Passage and be surrounded by pure nature. Or from Juneau, hike through the rainforest along Mendenhall Lake and onto glacial terrain, a unique experience. Travel into the Interior region to Denali National Park, finding not only wildlife but the tallest mountain in North America – Denali. For a unique winter experience you can’t go past Fairbanks with dog mushing, ice sculptors and the famous Aurora Borealis – the Northern Lights. Vast and remote, crossing the Arctic Circle is what the Far North is all about. View brown bears in their natural habitat feeding on salmon on Kodiak Island in the Southwest region. An area where you get to see changing landscapes of volcanic terrain in the Katmai National Park to the windy grasslands of the Aleutian Islands.