With all our cloudy nights, our glowing street lights and bright banners of aurora borealis polluting the darkness, Anchorage offers little opportunity for stargazing. But wait a few years.
One hallmark of the annual issuance of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends is the offer of cheap travel from providers looking to cash in on the influx of cash into nearly every Alaskan's pocket.
Juneau-Douglas High football coach Bill Chalmers has a feeling Scotts Valley will fall in love with his hometown. ``I'm in traffic right now,'' he joked by cell while driving home from practice Monday. ``There's a car a half-mile ahead.''
In 2007, the six intimate ships of Majestic America Line, America's largest river and coastal cruise company, will provide discerning travelers with a wide array of options to explore 12 of America's great inland rivers and coastal waterways.
The state ferry Columbia experienced a generator failure last night while preparing to leave Haines to Juneau with about 117 passengers on board. The passengers were not evacuated, and the Alaska Marine Highway System accommodated the passengers aboard the ship overnight.
Is the car of the future a thing from the past? From the outside, an electric car looks just like any other car in a parking garage inside an office building in Midtown. It's a little old, true, but its owner was trying to save money, not look pretty.
As the 2006 Alaska cruise season winds down, Princess has announced the winners of its eighth annual C.R.U.I.S.E. service awards, which honor passenger choices for best tours of the season plus favorite tour guides and dock representatives in Alaska and Northwest ports Princess ships visit during the summer.
Favorite Alaska cruise itineraries continue in 2007 with Holland America Line. Three Vista-class ships Oosterdam, Zuiderdam, and new to Alaska, Noordam offer more suites than ever before.
