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VOLUME 83, NUMBER 10
A black wolf on the
Denali Park Road.
Photo by:
MICHELLE THEALL /
michelletheall.photoshelter.com
FEATURES
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2018 Travel Planner
Make your Alaska
dream a reality
By M.T. Schwartzman
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Bears in Close
Proximity
The Alaska trifecta for
bear-viewing vacations
A photo essay
by Michelle Theall
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DEPARTMENTS
“Th is is a
compact gem
exquisitely
The Cache presenting all
22 Seven Reasons to Visit
things Alaska.”
24 Volunteering on Vacation
26 Smoked Salmon Recipe -JUNEAU ON THE LUXE
KARIN LEPERI
29 Alaska’s Future Stewards
P. 44
30 The Year Ahead
Escape
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36 Sense of Place
A Day on the Ice
KENNECOTT
38 Rambles 46
Wildlife-Viewing
Tour Advice
JUNEAU
Adventure
44 Try This
Juneau on the Luxe
48 Sportsman
Fish and Bear
50 Out There
That Alaskan from Texas
54 Gear
The Best of the Best
PLUS:
8 My View North
12 Letters
14 Alaska Exposed
18 On the Edge
58 Natural Alaska
60 History
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95 Alaska Interview CR
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96 Where in Alaska TO
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Alaska awaits!
I Dare Ya
ALASKANS ARE SPOILED. WE WATCH MOOSE activities—and so we’d have the best excuse for taking
trot through our yards and lynx play on our time off work to play tourist ourselves.
porches; hopping into a bush plane or an open For some people, a visit to Alaska is a once-in-a-
boat to get to the next town occurs daily; lifetime dream; others return again and again; locals
wilderness stretches for hundreds of miles. Our cities know how lucky they are. Whichever camp you’re in,
off er a fabulous array of cuisine from all over the world, this issue off ers great advice and inspiration for design-
but we also hunt, fi sh, pick berries, and grow our own ing that adventure, including our 2018 Travel Planner
food. We enjoy four distinct seasons. And yet, as spoiled (page 72), tips on bear and other wildlife viewing
as we are by this bounty, no one is jaded. (pages 38 and 64), and suggestions for a luxurious
I never tire of standing outside on a cold winter night experience in Juneau (page 44).
to watch the aurora swirl overhead, or of seeing a black Here’s hoping everyone who dreams of exploring
bear munch fresh spring grass on a mountainside. Th e Alaska has the chance—or makes the chance—to do
mere mention of a road trip always excites my so. Go ahead, spoil yourself and your family this new
wanderlust, even if I’ve visited the destination before. year. I dare ya.
Th ose of us born here as well as the transplants live
here because we love it. Most of us wish our friends Susan Sommer
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