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Alaska For Dummies: (Dummies Travel)

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A friendly travel guide that makes preparing for an Alaskan adventure easier than ever  Alaska has 100,000 glaciers and 10 million lakes. Wildlife roams freely across vast spaces, unfettered by fences or roads. With so many opportunities to experience real wilderness and enjoy outdoor activities, you can’t see or do it all, but you can make the most of your time with Alaska For Dummies, an accessible yet comprehensive guide to America's Last Frontier.   Inside you’ll discover:  Anchorage and road trips from Anchorage  Southeast Alaska, including Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka  Bush Alaska, with coverage of fascinating places in the Arctic  Options for visiting by cruise ship  Ways to travel to Alaska and how to get around once you’re there  Tips for booking accommodations and finding the best deals  Five great itineraries that touch on Alaska’s best destinations  The best places to see marine mammals, birds, humpback whales, black, brown, or polar bears, and other wildlife  The best gold rush towns, including Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, and Nome, where the free-wheeling frontier spirit abides today  Ten questions to ask an Alaskan (like, “Why is the capital in a city you can’t drive to?”)  And lots more      Alaska For Dummies contains down-to-earth trip-planning advice, what you shouldn't miss (and what you can skip), the best hotels and restaurants for every budget, and an appendix with a directory of facts, phone numbers, and website addresses you’ll want to keep handy. Get your own copy to plan the adventure of a lifetime. 

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing Alaska 7 Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of Alaska 9 Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into Alaska 15 Chapter 3: Deciding Where and When to Go 25 Chapter 4: Great Alaska Itineraries 35 Part II: Planning Your Trip to Alaska 45 Chapter 5: Managing Your Money 47 Chapter 6: Getting to Alaska 58 Chapter 7: Getting Around Alaska 69 Chapter 8: Cruising Alaska’s Coast 81 Chapter 9: Planning an Outdoor Adventure 110 Chapter 10: Booking Your Accommodations 134 Chapter 11: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests 140 Chapter 12: Taking Care of the Remaining Details 146 Part III: Anchorage and Environs 161 Chapter 13: Settling Into Anchorage 163 Chapter 14: Exploring Anchorage 184 Chapter 15: Side Trips from Anchorage 205 Part IV: Road Trips from Anchorage 223 Chapter 16: The Kenai Peninsula: Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai, and Homer 225 Chapter 17: Fairbanks 264 Chapter 18: Driving Alaska’s Highways 286 Chapter 19: Denali National Park 300 Part V: Southeast Alaska 325 Chapter 20: Juneau 327 Chapter 21: Skagway 347 Chapter 22: Sitka 356 Part VI: The End of the Road and Beyond: Bush Alaska 369 Chapter 23: The Arctic 371 Chapter 24: Bear Country: Katmai National Park and Kodiak Island 382 Part VII: The Part of Tens 395 Chapter 25: Ten Great Walks and Hikes in Alaska 397 Chapter 26: Ten Questions to Ask an Alaskan 401 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Be an Alaska Know-It-All 405 Appendix: Quick Concierge 410 Index 415


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470888711
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 211 mm
  • No of Pages: 456
  • Series Title: Dummies Travel
  • Weight: 522 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0470888717
  • Publisher Date: 18 Mar 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 5
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 31 mm
  • Width: 137 mm


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