Questions tagged [alaska]
The Largest state in the United States by area, situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.
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What seasonal work can fund travel?
I'm fond of the travel strategy that involves arriving at a workplace near your destination and doing seasonal labor until you've saved enough to have fun in and around the same geographical area.
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Is entering the USA at Hyder, AK actually legal, or only tolerated?
It is mentioned in many places that there is no US border post when entering Hyder, Alaska, a community not connected by road to any other in the USA, and that persons are permitted to cross into ...
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Travelling to Attu Island
The U.S. Coast Guard recently closed and abandoned (I think) their Loran station on Attu Island, Alaska. Is it possible to legally visit Attu now? Is there any red tape involved? Is the airport open ...
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What is the northernmost location on the north american continent, reachable by four-wheel drive?
Since my original plan (Driving to Barrow, Alaska) seems impossible without turning the start of my world-trip into a major overland expedition, I'm trying to find out what the most northern location ...
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I've been told one state in the US is the easternmost, westernmost and northernmost state. How to visit the points?
According to what I've been told, one state (Alaska) has land which is considered the easternmost, northernmost, and westernnmost in all of the USA. What are the three points that allows it to claim ...
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Getting to Barrow, Alaska overland
I would like to drive to Barrow, Alaska. Mainly because it is the northernmost inhabited place still on the north American continent.
However, I understand there are no regular roads going to the ...
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How can I find a one-way car rental from Alaska to Seattle (through Canada)?
I'm having a difficulty in finding one way car rentals from Alaska, which I can return in Seattle.
Do all the main rental agencies restrict such one-way rentals, as they involve crossing through ...
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What direct scheduled flights exist between Alaska and Russia?
The narrowest distance between mainland Russia and mainland Alaska is approximately 90 kilometers. Some even speculate a bridge could connect the two regions, creating a land link between Eurasia and ...
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Strange ZIP codes in Alaska?
Most ZIP codes in the US are fairly familiar - 5 digits, like 90210.
However I've come across some weird ZIP codes in Anchorage - like 995MX. (Visible on this map)
Many websites (like google maps) ...
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Annular Solar Eclipse - Adak Island, May 2012: Airfare help?
I want to take a flight to Adak island (or a ferry) for the May 2012 solar eclipse.
All the flights from CHI to ADK on alaskaair.com state them as fully booked. This is, most likely, due to many ...
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Bus along Alaska Highway between Whitehorse and Alaska
I'm looking at ways of getting to the Tachä̀l Dhǟl visitor centre at Kluane National Park, 224 km from Whitehorse and 253 km from the Beaver Creek border crossing. I've found buses between Whitehorse ...
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Travelling from mainland USA to Alaska
I hold a Chinese passport. I'm on my H1B work visa currently. However, my last visa stamp has expired a few months ago. So this one won't be able to help me enter US from outside.
My question is, if ...
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If I leave through Hyder, will Canada know I've left?
I'm from the U.S. and I've been a visitor in Canada for almost six months. I was planning on going up to Hyder, AK and from there traveling around Alaska for a couple weeks before returning home (to ...
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Can we get a new visa waiver in Canada, for Alaska, when our old one expires in the US?
We are UK citizens driving from Patagonia to Alaska, then shipping home from New York. We hope to be in the US for 3 months, a couple of months in Canada then into Alaska for a couple of months and ...
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Visiting Salmon Glacier, near Stewart, British Columbia (Canada)/Hyder, Alaska (USA)
Near the southernmost point of the British Columbia, Canada/Alaska, USA border is a beautiful glacier named Salmon Glacier. Apparently this glacier can be visited using a gravel road from the town of ...
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