Only 140,000 people a year venture to Great Basin ... the hike ends at an overlook a safe distance from the action. The heart of Kenai Fjords is the Harding Icefield, a 700-square-mile sheet ...

Whether they come seeking the awesome majesty of Alaska's glacier fields, the stupefying array of wildlife ranging from humpback whales to bears, moose, and everything in between, fascinating ...

A sea otter bobs in the waters of Kenai Fjords National Park. Sea otters also serve an important ... The project is called Bringing Xvlh-t’vsh Home: Indigenous-led Planning for Sea Otter’s Return to ...

It created the Gates of the Arctic, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, and Kenai Fjords National ... caribou of the Porcupine Herd. The Indigenous Gwich’in peoples depend on caribou for food, clothing ...

Memories of injustice and racism remain fresh here among the indigenous Inuit people. Scandals like the campaign to insert IUDs (Intrauterine devices) to prevent pregnancies in thousands of Inuit ...

Further afield, the most popular cruise destinations are Kodiak Island, Alaska’s largest island, and Kenai Fjords (nps.gov/kefj ... a good time to find fewer people, lower cruise prices ...

Filling the space are displays of tools, clothing, baskets, animal bones, a model home and more with roots in Dena’ina culture, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, and other Alaska Native populations ... “The ...

A trip to the 49th state also unveils the culture and history of this ancient land that has seen both the native tribes and the Gold Rush ... of four major US icecaps and is partly located in Kenai ...

Adventurous travellers can visit lesser-known places such as Baranof Island and Misty Fjords on ships that hold just 22 ... the battlefield where Russian forces clashed with the native Tlingit people.