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In 2000–2001, the latest year for which data are available, 2.4 million total arrivals to Alaska were counted, 1.7 million came via air travel, and 1.4 million were visitors. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Perhaps the most quintessentially Alaskan plane is the bush seaplane.
Itinerary of a mid-1920s visit to Alaska including a stay at Rika's; Going Places Alaska And The Yukon For Families by Nancy Thalia Reynolds at Google Books; Alaska Off the Beaten Path (6th edition) by Melissa Devaughn and Deb Vanasse at Google Books; Media from Alaska's Digital Archives: Four pioneers photo of John, Rika, and two other ...
In the early 1980s, the 90,000-acre (360 km 2) Delta Junction Bison Range, south of the Alaska Highway and between Ft. Greely and the Little Gerstle River was established. [15] The range is managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to provide fall habitat for bison to reduce farm depredations and to provide habitat for other wildlife.
The forerunner to the Alaska Marine Highway was the Chilkoot Motorship Lines, [6] founded in 1948 by Haines residents Steve Homer and Ray Gelotte. [2] The company used a converted LCT-Mark VI landing craft, christened the MV Chilkoot. [1]
North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, [2] up from 2,117 in 2010. [3]
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [1] It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying detail and historical and cultural information are often included.
The U.S. island of Little Diomede (part of Alaska) or IĊaliq, also known as Krusenstern Island [a] The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. If marginal seas are considered, then they are the northernmost islands within the entire Pacific Ocean.
The project is designed to enhance safety and improve congestion by enforcing passing lane usage. [ 15 ] In 2017, Alaska DOT&PF announced a four-year Milepost 75–90 Rehabilitation Project, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] scheduled to begin in 2018, to make major safety improvements to a busy crash-prone section of the Seward Highway from Girdwood to beyond the ...