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This is everything. Every guide, every story, every piece of advice we’ve put together from years of working and traveling across Alaska.
If you’re the type who likes to dig around and find things on your own, this is your page. If you’d rather start with the most important stuff, head over to our Essential Guides or Plan Your Trip section.
Either way, there’s a lot here—take your time.
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Girdwood, Alaska: The Complete Guide to Alaska’s Ski Town
Alaska’s largest ski resort, seven glaciers, real gold rush history, and a great food. Here’s the real Girdwood, 40 minutes from Anchorage, an epic day…
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Hope, Alaska: The Complete Guide to a Real Gold Rush Ghost Town
A real 1896 gold rush town that time mostly forgot. 161 people, epic whitewater on Sixmile Creek, and a historic district. Here’s why the detour…
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Seward, Alaska: The Complete Guide to Kenai Fjords’ Home Port
A working port town at the edge of Resurrection Bay, honest about being touristy but earns its right to be so. Glaciers, whales, a legendary…
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Anchorage, Alaska: The Complete Guide to the State’s Home Base
Anchorage isn’t the real Alaska, it’s the front door to it. Moose in the streets, salmon running downtown, and the world’s busiest floatplane base. We’ve…
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Homer, Alaska: The Complete Guide to the Town at the End of the Road
The Halibut Fishing Capital of the World, the end of the Sterling Highway, and the town we called home for years while filming Alaska: The…
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Where to Stay in Ketchikan, Alaska: A Neighborhood by Neighborhood Guide
Downtown, the hillside, camping, vacation rentals — Ketchikan’s lodging options are more varied than the cruise crowds ever see. Here’s where to actually stay, building…
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Ketchikan, Alaska: The Complete Guide to Alaska’s First City
Ketchikan is the first stop on almost every Alaska cruise, and locals will tell you their hometown feels like it’s turned into a theme park…
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Best Restaurants in Alaska: A TV Crew’s Curated Picks, After a Decade of Filming Across the State
Years of filming across Alaska means eating wherever the crew happened to land, from a James Beard nominated kitchen in Sitka to a food truck…
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Best Luggage & Duffel Bags for Alaska: A Field-Tested Guide by a NatGeo TV Crew
Your regular suitcase isn’t built for Alaska. From bush plane weight limits to wet boat decks, here’s a field-tested breakdown of the best luggage and…
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Best Camera Gear for Alaska: A NatGeo Cameraperson’s Guide
What actually survives Alaska’s cold, boats, and aurora — camera gear tested on real network shoots by working filmmakers.
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Best Bug Spray for Alaska: What Actually Works (No Magic Bullet)
There’s no spray that makes Alaska mosquitoes disappear — anyone telling you otherwise is selling something. Here’s the unpopular truth about what actually works, backed…
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Shipping Fish Home from Alaska: What Cooler You Actually Need (Not a Yeti)
Everyone’s instinct is to buy the toughest cooler they own. That’s actually the wrong move for flying fish home from Alaska — here’s what actually…