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It is silent out there, except for the rhythmic patter of husky paws on snow and the gentle creaking of the sled. Occasionally the dogs heads pivot in unison to left or right. You may be able to spot a line of tiny wells in the powder, indicating that a wolf has walked this way before you. You are traveling through one of the last remaining great wildernesses in the world. Photo by: Mike Barish
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Located just 40 miles from Anchorage in the resort town of Girdwood, The Hotel Alyeska pairs world-class accommodations with Alaskan wilderness. The Hotel Alyeska is 15 miles from Portage Glacier, two miles from Crow Creek Gold Mine, and 15 miles from Portage Glacier. This cozy alternative to a traditional hotel sits practically at the base of Mt. Alyeska, where you can walk to the chairlift with your skis or snowboard to ride the fresh powder. There are seven glaciers that hang above the Valley including one tucked into Alyeskas own glacial bowl.
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No-boarding is a young sport that is like the traditional way of snowboarding but with a knobbed polymer traction pad and a heavy-duty bungee rope, which transform a snowboard into a no-board. Without highbacks to straps to hold feet in place, the pad prevents slipping, and a firm grip on the rope keeps the board in place and is like surfing -riders adapt to pitch and snow conditions by moving their feet and center of gravity.
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Matanuska Glacier is 100 miles far away from Anchorage, Alaska, at valley emerged as Mat-Su, which encompasses about 24,000 square miles of wilderness. The only sound there is an occasional rush of cool wind sweeping down from the towering Chugach Mountains. The temperature in Matanuska Glacier soaring to 75 degrees, and you walking on ice.
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Named after a Russian navigator who visited in the 1780s, this group of four volcanic islands (five if you count Sea Lion Rock) in the Bering Sea is 320 km north of Unalaska Island in the Aleutians and the same distance south of Cape Newenham on the mainland. The Pribilof Islands have a collective land mass of just 195 sq km and are covered by tundra and meadowland. Photo by: artchase
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The Svalbard Archipelago lies north than Alaska and is northernmost part of the kingdom of Norway, lying about half way to North Pole. There are three large islands in the Svalbard Archipelago – Spitzbergen, Nordaustlandet and Edgeoya and the Gulf Stream current sink close to them. The islands are rugged and desolate, with around 60 per cent of the land covered with glaciation. Photo by: Paul Zizka
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You need lots of fingers to count the island in the rocky Alexander Archipelago, which stretches for 485 km, hugging the southeastern coast of Alaska – there are about 1,100 of them. Deep fjords and channels separate mainland and islands, which have inhospitable, irregular coasts. The whole area is densely forested with fir woods and temperate rain forest. Most part of the archipelago is protected from development and teems with wildlife. The main economic activities are tourism, fishing and logging. The largest islands are Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, Dall, Revillagigedo, Prince of Wales and Wrangell. Photo by: brookb_phx
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