Ok, so you've almost made up your mind for that grand adventure trip to Alaska! But have one last, lingering question - "What about all the nature stuff Alaska is famous for"?
At this point it's best we let the full suporting cast take the stage for the Outdoor Show.
Grizzly bears of Kodiak, Katmai and Admiralty Island, the elegant Moose, wolves and caribou of Denali National Park are on stage virtually all summer. Outdoor enthusiasts can fish the Kenai river for salmon or paddle a sea kayak in Prince William Sound (that's where the whales are). Fabulous walking trails take you high above the tree line or into the alpine country where delicate sub arctic flowers put on a brave show. Hikers can backpack for hours, weeks or even months. Railway enthusiasts may travel aboard the Alaska Railroad or the classic White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway. Sightings of great humback and orca whales can be experienced in several locations, sometimes too, seen swimming with their young. Given round the clock daylight an arctic coast adventure is easily arranged - drive there and back or fly one way to Deadhorse and ride back in a bus. When it's continuous daylight for 85 days who needs to sleep when majestic trumpeter swans reign over a myriad arctic lakes and muskox wander through the barren lands. Alternatively, just south of Anchorage, Kenai Fjords National Marine Park is a bird sanctuary and temporary home to the sheerwaters. These high flyers come 10,000 miles from the Great Barrier Reef - and after six weeks in Alaska - disappear back downunder. Then, on the other hand there are the little Whisky Jacks (Jays). These birds stay all year, live in campsites, travel short distances and live on pizza crusts and other peoples sandwiches. Like a few Alaskans we know, they are lovable characters and part of the landscape. Listen here to the story: Download vagabond_bunch_of_bush_pilots.mp3
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