Set your sights on Alaska for your next adventure. Here you can discover the frightening strength of arctic storms or sea kayaking on mirror-smooth glacial lakes. Tourism came late to this Northern State, but those who venture here are well rewarded.
Bring your own snowshoes to trek parts of the Brooks Range, but be sure to bundle up. Temperatures can dip as low as -60 decrees Celsius (-75 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter months. The tundra here is home to Arctic Caribou, bears, and wolves. Snowmobiles and dogsleds are a great way to see the backcountry up close. If that's still too tame, try your balance at skijoring- a combination sport of cross-country skiing and dog sledding where a skier is helped along by one or more dogs. On cold nights, look skywards and you may be lucky enough to be afforded a view of the Northern Lights.
In warmer weather, hiking, climbing, rafting, and canoeing keep tourists busy out of doors, and there is plenty of outdoors to explore. No fewer than 17 national parks and preserves. While people have lived here for hundreds of years, the state is ruled by its harsh climate. The Arctic Pipeline and the James Dalton Highway are arctic feats of engineering that prove how people have learned how to work with the unforgiving weather.
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