Insight Guides Alaska (Travel Guide with Free eBook)

by Insight Guides

Overview

Insight Guide to Alaska is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Alaska, choosing what to see, from exploring the Alaska Railroad to discovering Kodiak Island or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Glacier Bay National Park, Chena Hot Springs. This is an ideal travel guide for travelers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Alaska as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip. This guidebook has been fully updated post-COVID-19.

The Insight Guide Alaska covers: Southeast Panhandle, Southeast Alaska: Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Southcentral and Interior Alaska, Downtown Anchorage, Around Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Palmer, Denali National Park and Preserve, Fairbanks, The Far North, Southwest Alaska and Kodiak.

In this travel guide you will find:

• IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES 
  Created to explore the culture and the history of Alaska to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics.
• BEST OF 
  The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Alaska.
• CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS 
  Geographically organized text cross-referenced against full-color, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Sitka, Juneau and many more locations in Alaska.
• COLOR-CODED CHAPTERS 
  Every part of Alaska, from Southcentral Alaska to the Alcan has its own color assigned for easy navigation.
• TIPS AND FACTS 
  Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Alaska as well as an introduction to Alaska's food and drink and fun destination-specific features.  
• PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION 
  A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Alaska, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Alaska's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.  
• STRIKING PICTURES 
  Features inspirational color photography, including the stunning Glacier Bay and the spectacular Denali.
• FREE EBOOK 
  Free eBook download with every purchase of a printed book to access all the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789198713
Publisher:	Apa Publications
Publication date:	08/31/2021
Series:	Insight Guides Series
Edition description:	12th ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The best of Alaska 6

The Last Frontier 21

The Fragile Wilderness 25

An Independent People 31

A Trapper's Life 35

History & features

Decisive dates 38

Beginnings 43

The Making of Modern Alaska 50

Economy and Ecology 61

Visiting Alaska's Natives 65

Life in Winter 69

Alaskan Wildlife 75

Surviving in the Wilderness 81

Public-Use Cabins 87

Cruising and Touring 89

Big Ships vs Small Ships 94

Alaska From the Air 96

Places

Introduction 105

Touring the Southeast Panhandle 109

Ketchikan 113

Getting Around By Ferry 117

Misty Fiords National Monument 118

National Forests 123

Wrangell 124

Petersburg 129

Sitka 132

Juneau 137

Juneau's Trails 140

Glacier Bay National Park 144

Haines 148

Skagway 152

The Great Klondike Gold Rush 158

Yakutat 160

Southcentral Alaska 165

Anchorage 169

Chugach State Park 182

State Parks 185

Prince William Sound 186

Wrangell-St Elias National Park 192

Kenai Peninsula 199

Matanuska-Susitna Valley 211

The Interior 223

Denali National Park and Preserve 227

The Alcan 238

Fairbanks 241

The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics 254

Beyond Fairbanks 257

Yukon Villages 265

The Far North 269

The Arctic 273

The Dalton Highway 283

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 284

Gates of the Arctic 290

Cape Krusenstern 294

Native Art and Artifacts 298

Nome and the Seward Peninsula 300

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 306

The Southwest 311

Kodiak 315

Wildlife Refuges 321

A Serengeti of the North 322

Lake Clark National Park 324

Katmai National Park 330

McNeil River State Game Sanctuary 335

Mixing Bears and People 339

Remote Communities and Wildlands 340

Travel tips

Transportation

Getting There 348

Getting Around 349

A-Z

Accomodations 352

Admission Charges 352

Age Restrictions 352

Budgeting for Your Trip 352

Children 353

Climate 353

Customs Regulations 354

Embassies and Consulates 354

Emergencies 354

Etiquette 355

Food and Drink 355

Health and Medical Care 355

Internet 355

LGBTQ Travelers 355

Lost Property 355

Maps 355

Media 356

Money 356

Opening Hours 356

Postal Services 356

Public Holidays 356

Religious Services 356

Shopping 356

Smoking 357

Tax 357

Telephones 357

Toilets 357

Tour Operators 358

Tourist Information 358

Travelers with Disabilities 358

Visas and Passports 358

Further Reading

Fiction 359

Travel and Exploration 359

History and Politics 359

Maps

Alaska 106

Southeast Alaska: the Panhandle 108

Ketchikan 115

Wrangell 125

Petersburg 130

Sitka 133

Juneau 138

Haines 149

Skagway 153

Southcentral and interior Alaska 164

Downtown Anchorage 170

Around Anchorage 174

Kenai Peninsula 200

Matanuska-Susitna Valley/Palmer 212

Denali National Park and Preserve 228

Fairbanks 244

The Far North 268

Southwest Alaska 310

Kodiak 316