49 Reasons to love Alaska
with credit to the Staff of Alaska Magazine – February, 2005
www.alaskamagazine.com

“Let’s be honest, OK!  We’re different.  
Alaska’s … unlike any other and it takes special people to live here.”

1. Denali Nat’l Park    - Denali Information - Official NPS Site
2. Summer Solstice    - Summer Festivals - Fairbanks
3. Bears    - A Visit to McNeil River Bears - McNeil Webcam
4. Glaciers    - Portage Glacier Side Show - Begich-Boggs Visitor Center - Exit Glacier - Kenai Fjords Glaciers
5. The Permanent Fund Dividend – free money   - Information about
6. Mosquitos – Guilt-free killing!
7. Wild Rivers
8. Native Cultures – 
     20 native languages – 30% of the population!
9. The Arctic Ocean
10. Alaska Railroad – The train across nowhere!
11. Moose – Bullwinkle is everywhere.
12. Continental Divide – Pacific / Arctic Ocean.
13. Water Freezing in Air – 
      At -40F sprayed water instantly freezes.
14. Juneau – Only state capital you can’t drive to!
15. Small Towns – Ours are always interesting.   - My favorite's
16. Giant Vegetables – 700 lb. cabbages!
17. Whales
18. The Arctic Circle – Latitude 66°33’ North.
19. Combat Fishing
20. The Denali Highway
21. World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
22. Seward Highway – Driving the Kenai.
23. Chilkat Eagles
24. The Iditarod – 1200 mile sled dog race
25. Kenai Kings – World Champion Salmon
26. Earthquakes  - The "Good Friday" Earthquake - March 27, 1964 - Map - Alaska Tsunami Center - The BIG Quake of 2002
27. Rainforests
28. Midnight Sun Baseball Game
29. Totem Poles
30. Barn-door Halibut – over 300 lb fish.   - There are many charter outfits
31. The Homer Spit – Where Halibut are found!   - Homer - Pratt Museum - Kachemak Bay
32. Extreme Sports
33. The Alaska Marine Highway
34. The Northern Lights
35. Mount Marathon Foot-Race – 4th July in Seward!
36. Great Kobuk Sand Dunes
37. Islands – more than 2,000!
38. The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline
39. Chilkoot Pass – Over which the
       1898 Klondike Gold Rush stampeders climbed.
40. White Pass & Yukon Railroad
41. Volcanoes – 27 active ones!  - Alaska Volcano Observatory 
42. Muktuk – yum! (see no. 17)
43. The Buckwheat Ski Classic
44. Sea Kayaking
45. Breakup – that part of spring we love to hate!
46. Floatplanes
47. The Fly by Night Club – “sleezy” but fun place!"
48. Winter
49. Hawaii – (see no. 48)

Note we have no business relationship with Alaska Magazine.  
We thought you would enjoy this list taken from the magazine 
as it tells you something about our magnificent state!  …Ed & Janet Cole

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