The 1897 Klondike Gold Rush
When gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1896, the news sparked one of history's greatest migrations. Tens of thousands of stampeders poured off steamships into Skagway to tackle the arduous journey inland
Clinton, British Columbia, is a historic South Cariboo village established in the 1860s during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Originally known as "47 Mile" because it was 47 miles from the gold rush Mile 0 in Lillooet, it served as a vital junction and resting point for prospectors and freight wagons
Valdez 1898
Founded as a tent camp during the Klondike Gold Rush, Valdez served as the "All-American Route" for prospectors.
In 1964 the original town site was leveled by the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday earthquake and subsequent tsunamis. The survivors rebuilt the entire city four miles to the west on safer, bedrock ground
Kenai Fjords tour combines breathtaking glacier and wildlife viewing with deep-rooted Indigenous, geologic, and industrial history. Today, cruising these icy waters out of Seward remains the premier way to experience the area, with 6- to 8-hour tours
Bear Glacier is the largest outlet glacier of Alaska's Harding Icefield, located in Kenai National Park Named in 1909, it has retreated over 4 miles since its Little Ice Age in1888
Steller sea lions, the largest of the eared seals, are a massive presence in Alaska's marine ecosystems. Adult males can reach up to 11 feet in length and weigh up to 2,500 pounds. In Alaska, they rely on nearly 500 remote, rocky "haul-outs" and "rookeries" along the coast to rest and breed
Aialik Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in Alaska that drains the Harding Icefield. While actively calving, it has remained relatively stable over the past century, retreating less than 1,000 feet since first documented in 1909
Glacier calving is the mechanical breaking away or detachment of large chunks of ice from the edge of a glacier. This dramatic process typically happens when a glacier flows into a body of water (like an ocean or lake) and forms massive ice cliffs, with the resulting fragments forming icebergs
Dall's Porpoise Often mistaken for orcas due to their striking black-and-white markings, these are the fastest small cetaceans in the world. They are highly active and notorious for riding the bow waves of boats
Battery Point- The original station was built on Battery Point 1864 (named for early fortifications like Fort Boscawen). It featured a 1.5-s...
