Why Alaska you might ask? Well, there are many good reasons for event planners and media to come - Right Image, Scenery, Scale and in North America there is nothing else quite like it. But also importantly it works - with a sophisticated infrastructure and solid logistical support you can achieve just about anything. Essentials in the showcasing business! But there is a subtle side that makes up the character of the place - the list of epic, pioneering feats and achievements (a bit like those old John Wayne movies - man pitted against wilderness stuff) like the 1943 construction of the Alaska Highway. It's a place with a tough exterior and the biggest heart this side of the Pacific. Take the image of those rugged sled dog mushers who race the Iditarod for a thousand miles on an open sled. Or the hardy mountain guides of the St.Elias peaks. And what journalist could forget Alaska's bush pilots? Icons of the air, guys who fly 10,000 hours in the worst weather - and when you meet they hold you spellbound with a hundred untold tales. And all those outdoor activities like 4x4 driving, fly-fishing, bear viewing, river rafting and glacier trekking - all combine to perpetuate Alaska's special image. 
Perhaps what we love about the place is the "Never say No" spirit. Born in the 1890's and still with us today. Download the_epic_story_of_the_wpyr.mp3
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