Lonely Planet knows Alaska. Our 9th edition guarantees an adventure at every turn, whether you're watching glaciers calve from a boat, hiking in the Bush or exploring Alaskan Native culture & polar bears in Barrow.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical & honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
New Alaska for Families & Cruising in Alaska chapters
Full-Color Alaskan Wildlife chapter
Unique Green Index to help you make your travels ecofriendly






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Alaska, The Last Frontier, is a land of breathtaking natural scenery & a rich cultural heritage. From Denali & Glacier Bay National Parks to the outpost of Ketchikan to arctic Barrow to the spectacular Dalton Highway, expert travel writer & Alaska authority Bob Devine is a deft guide to all the best spots, & lesser-known ones as well. The book`s seven chapters cover the Southeast`s Inside Passage, Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, the Southwest, Prince William Sound & Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Denali National Park & environs, & the Bush. Special features include in-depth spreads on native arts, bear watching, the birders of Attu Isl&, sled dog touring, sea kayaking instruction, gold panning, & national park field seminars; as well as specially mapped driving & walking tours, among them a spectacular drive around Kodiak Isl&. As in all National Geographic Travelers, vivid photographs capture Alaska`s beauty, & detailed maps ensure you won`t get lost. ...

Quick to read, light to carry with expert advice in all price ranges, Frommer's Easy Guide to Alaskan Cruises & Ports of Call 2014 is the complete up-to-date reference for travelers who want to maximize their vacation cruise in the smartest, most time-efficient way. Frommer's trademark candid & accessible expertise offers reviews on the strengths & weaknesses in such areas as overall facilities, ship maintenance, decor, activities & kids programs. It also features advice on the perfect off-ship excursions with practical tips & suggested itineraries for getting the most out of your time ashore. ...

Thirty years ago, the celebrated American writer Edward Hoagl&, in his early fifties & already with a dozen acclaimed books under his belt, decided to have, instead of a mid-life crisis, a mid-life adventure. Pencil & notebook at the ready, Hoagland lit out to explore & write about one of the last truly wild territories remaining on the face of the earth: Alaska. From the Arctic Ocean to the Kenai Peninsula, & the backstreet bars of Anchorage to the Yukon River, Hoagland traveled the real Alaska from top to bottom. En route, he chronicled the lives of an astonishing & unforgettable array of prospectors, trappers, millionaire freebooters, drifters, oilmen, Inuits, & a remarkably kind & capable frontier nurse named Linda. In his foreword, novelist Howard Frank Mosher describes Edward Hoagland's Alaska travel memoir as the best book ever written about America's last best place. In the tradition of Twain's Life on the Mississippi & Jonathon Rabin's Old Glory, with a beautiful love story at its heart, this is an American masterwork by a writer hailed by the Washington Post as the Thoreau of our times. Praise for Edward Hoagland: America's most intelligent & wide-ranging essayist-naturalist. (Philip Roth). Edward Hoagland is excitingly smart. (Annie Dillard). Hoagland's writing is second to no one's. (Robert Stone). Hoagland is our wild world's literary virtuoso. (Annie Proulx). ...

Alaska`s Inside Passage on a double-sided map from ITMB presenting the coastline of British Columbia & the panhandle at 1:900, 000, with the rest of the route at 1:1, 875, 000; plus large, clear street plans of central Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria & Anchorage. On one side is the area from Seattle to Prince Rupert BC, accompanied by street plans of central Seattle, Vancouver & Victoria. On the reverse mapping at 1:900, 000 continues along the panhandle to the Yukon Bay & the Malaspina Glacier, with an inset at 1:1, 875, 000 covering the coast further west to include the Kenai Peninsula & northwards beyond Anchorage to the Denali National Park. A second inset provides a street plan of central Anchorage. On both sides mapping at 1:900, 000 covers not just the immediate coastal area but extends further inl&, particularly in British Columbia where Whistler is included. Symbols indicate various places of interest including campsites. Maps at both scales have altitude colouring & spot heights (elevation shown in feet) with plenty of names of geographical

Features: islands, straights, sounds, bays & inlets, also mountain ranges, peaks, glaciers, etc. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted. Cruise & ferry route are marked & the maps also indicate local airports & airfields. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° & on the inset at 2° intervals. Each side has a separate index. Street plans are annotated with various facilities, including selected hotels, & places of interest. To see other regional titles from ITMB covering USA please click on the series link.

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Map No. 641, Alassio
- Imperia, from Kompass in a series of walking maps of selected areas of Italy at 1:50, 000, with hiking
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H&-selected by Alastair Humphreys, read about the incredible journeys undertaken by twenty of the most heroic & impressive explorers who ever lived, including Ibn Battuta (14th-century explorer); Apsley Cherry-Garrard (a member of Scott`s Antarctic expedition); Michael Collins (Apollo Moon mission astronaut) & Nellie Bly (who travelled round the world in less than 80 days). A wide-spread selection of explorers from young to old, male to female & with a range of abilities, these explorers crossed l&, sea & sky in the name of adventure & may just inspire readers aged 7+ to do the same. Alastair Humphreys was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012 for his work on the concept of microadventures. ...

Alastair Sawday’s Accommodation Guides have carved an especial corner for themselves in the area of the market inhabited by bespoke & select books which recommend more especial places to stay. The company has a green ethos & values highly the personal relationships it has with the owners of the properties they choose to feature & readers they bring them to. As they themselves say, their guides are produced for people looking for: special places to stay with warm, interesting, human people; beautiful buildings, original style & elegant simplicity; fine old things that, however dilapidated, carry their age & authenticity with dignity; delicious food, much of it grown at home & cooked with devotion; a touch of fun with a touch of class. Quirkiness with seriousness, a light touch, an easy style; honest writing with a dash of panache; comfort – yes, but not at the expense of everything else!_” There`s green & there`s green. & then there`s independent travel publisher Alastair Sawday Publishing”_ * Publishing News* ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...