Glaciers & Bodies of Water
This body of water, viewed on the drive from Anchorage, is a fjord known for its dramatic tidal bore
What is Turnagain Arm?
You saw these massive, shaggy-coated mammals at the conservation center. They are specifically treasured for their outer coat, which is used to make clothes that keep Alaskans warm in the cold winters
What is Muskox?
This is the town where prospectors first arrived to purchase their supplies before heading out for the mountains of the Yukon in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.
What is Skagway?
The primary mode of transportation used in the Iditarod Race
What is a dog sled?
Located in Anchorage, this center offers insight into the traditions and history of Alaska's indigenous peoples.
What is the Alaska Native Heritage Center?
This National Park, Visited by cruise ship, is famous for its massive tidewater glaciers
What is Glacier Bay?
These animals are often spotted in the waters of the Inside Passage, breaching or tail-slapping
What are Humpback Whales?
This town in the Yukon served as a major hub for prospectors during the gold rush era
What is Whitehorse?
This is the name of the lead dog who guided the FINAL leg of the serum run into Nome to save the children from the diphtheria outbreak.
Who is Balto?
This traditional wooden structure, often carved with family history, is iconic to the Southeast Alaska Cultures.
What is a totem pole?
This is the geological term for the process where large chunks of ice break off a glacier into the sea
What is Calving?
These large antlered animals are frequently seen grazing in Denali National Park, especially known for being solitary, so you rarely see more than one at a time.
What are moose?
This is the name of the famous 1898 gold rush pass that left Dyea (not Skagway), as prospectors traveled through the mountains towards the Yukon.
What is the Chilkoot Pass (or route)?
This legendary musher is widely considered the most famous hero of the 1925 serum run, along with his lead dog, Togo.
Who is Leonard Seppala?
This is the term for the complex, intricate artwork often found on traditional Alaska Native Clothing.
What is beadwork or quillwork?
This "river of ice" is the largest type of Glacier in North America, found in Glacier Bay
What is a tidewater glacier?
This marine mammal is known for its thick fur and habit of floating on its back in coastal waters
What is a sea otter?
This is the specific type of dredge you toured in Fairbanks to see how miners extracted gold.
What is a bucket-line dredge?
The Iditarod commemorates a serum run to Nome Alaska to save children that had diphtheria in this year.
What is 1925?
These peoples developed complex storage technologies to protect supplies from bears and rodents and invading tribes, and a food cache was a critical feature of most camps, especially near winter dwellings. (one of your visits on the tour around the pond)
Who are the Dene?
The term for stagnant ice found at the end of many Alaskan Glaciers.
What is dead ice?
These massive birds are recognized by their white heads and are commonly seen near Alaskan waterways.
What are bald eagles?
This Italian gentlemen is the first to be credited with finding gold in the Fairbanks area to start the gold rush there.
Who is Felix Pedro?
The number of approximate miles that the modern Iditarod race covers from Anchorage to Nome.
What is 1000?
These two people group were the native fishermen in Ketchikan before canneries were established in the late 1800s. (Name just one)
Who are the Klinget and the Tongass?