Interesting Extras
Get all the best information about Alaska's interesting extras at the Alaskan Forum
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The Alaskan Events and Festival Calendar
- Alaskan Events that are special to me and make living / visiting Alaska great.
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The Valdez Ice Climbing Festival
- Hey! Those waterfalls freeze in the winter. And then, folks strap axes to hands and spikes to feet to climb them.
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The Valdez, Alaska Photo Album
- Photos of Summer fun and sights to see in Valdez
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McCarthy & Kennicott Photo Album
- Photographs of McCarthy & the abandoned copper mines of Kennicott
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A heliski photo tour of the Chugach Mountains near Thompson Pass
- Simply awesome photos of the ski runs of the World Extreme Skiing Championship venues and Heli-Ski runs
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Alaska gold mining and prospecting page
- Goldminers and recreational Alaskan gold prospectors! look here first for all the gold nuggets of information on the 'net
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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and SERVS
- The Ship Escort/Response Vessel System (or SERVS) is a system that escorts oil tankers through Prince William Sound. It was created in the summer of 1989 after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (or EVOS). It is administered by the The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and is part of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline System(TAPS)
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World Extreme Skiing Championships
- The format for the event is a progressive three-day competition in which 35 of the world's best skiers challenge the steep and rugged slopes that surround the Tsaina Valley and Valdez. Competitors are judged by a celebrity judging panel in much the same manner as figure skaters or gymnasts are judged. Categories for degree of difficulty, style, execution and grace are utilized, in addition to the novel extreme skiing quantification of boldness and control.
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The Road to Valdez, a Richardson Highway preview
- Valdez is a two hour drive south from Glennallen on the Richardson Highway, through some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world. Rugged mountains tower on all sides as you drive south through lush green valleys and wild rivers...
