Curving south from Anchorage, the Seward Highway leads drivers around the northern edge of Turnagain Arm, passing the ski town of Girdwood and the long tunnel to Whittier before crossing the Kenai ...

Set along the protected waters of Resurrection Bay on the eastern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, Seward, Alaska, is a terminus for many Gulf of Alaska cruises and is a base for exploring nearby Kenai ...

MOOSE PASS, Alaska — In Alaska, wildlife is never far away. A moose strolls across a road. A bald eagle with a salmon clutched in its talons flies just above car-top level. Dall sheep run full-tilt ...

It is one of the most scenic, following Turnagain Arm from Anchorage to Portage and then across the Kenai Peninsula to Seward. Traveling along Turnagain Arm, you can see beluga whales, orcas and ...

Kayaking on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage is so much fun. With beautiful lakes, rivers and bays at Seward and Homer, there are lots of options for getting on the water. The post Best Kayaking ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Florence Murray lives in Rochester and took a cruise to Alaska. I grew up always thinking of Alaska, our 49th state, as the land of ice and snow, Eskimos, igloos and polar bears rather ...

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