There are many ways to see Alaska and experience its' vast untamed Wilderness.  Whether you choose to fly and cruise, cruise only, fly and tour, drive your own vehicle or stay in the comfort of your own home, we offer the opportunity to enhance  your experience with personal experience information, gifts and ideas in hopes of making your experience one to remember.

Sunset over the Alaska Range and tundra lake.
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ALASKA FACTS

Purchased from Russia on March 30, 1868
49th State in the Union - entered on January 3, 1959
Size - 591,004 square miles
Population -  (2005 census) 663,661
State Capital - Juneau
State Song -  Alaska's Flag
State Flag - 8 Stars (Big Dipper and North Star) on a filed of blue
State Flower - Forget-Me-Not
State Tree - Sitka Spruce
State Bird - Willow Ptarmigan
State Gem - Jade
State Mineral - Gold
State Fish - King Salmon
State Fossil - Wooly Mammoth
State Marine Mammal - BowHhead Whale
State Sport - Dog Mushing

Alaska's Flag
Written by Marie Drake
Composed by Elinor Dusenbury

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.