DIY Alaska Resources – 1

The Internet has made it easy to do DIY travel research.

The internet is complete wacko on DIY travel research.

I’m here to only make things slightly less complicated for a DIY Traveler or turn it into complete SNAFU, based on your perspective, so here we go!

While there are clearly more tools and information available today than when I planned a year long backing trip across Europe in the 1980s, the fundamentals are the same:

“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

If something can go wrong, it will

So here are my resources and will add more as we go along …

Alaska: General Info

Travel Alaska (official site)

Alaska 4×4 truck rentals – If you want to drive on the Dalton Highway or get off the beaten path, here’s your rental company!

Alaska Wiki

Alaska Ferry – travel to the Alaska off the road system

Alaska Air

Kenai Peninsula

Salmon Sisters – women-owned fisherman and fish shop

Cooper Landing Fishing – fishing guide

Homer Halibut and Salmon fishing – fishing guide

Kenia Fjords cruising / tours

Kenia Fjords national Park

Talkeetna / Denali

Denali National Park

Talkeetna Air Taxi

Talkeetna / Denali fly fishing

Fairbanks and Arctic

Explore Fairbanks – official site

Northern Alaska tours

Tundra Tours

Yukon River Camp

Arctic Research field site

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Alaska Fishing

Fish Alaska Magazine