Alaska itself is vast beyond imagination. You could fit Britain, Germany and Italy into this northernmost American state and still have room left over. I discovered Alaska while setting my Rake Ozenna thriller series there, with a hero who comes from that tense and isolated frozen frontier.
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Humphrey’s favourite place in Anchorage, Alaska – Mount Baldy
“Matt Worden from Go Hike Alaska led me on the thousand feet climb along well marked trails where you can absorb Alaska’s expanse, beauty and tranquility,” notes Humphrey. “Roaming the ridgeline, you have mountainscape on one side and panoramic scenes across the Eagle River on the other,” he describes. Afterwards, Humphrey recommends checking out the […]
Read MoreIf you want giant glaciers, wondrous wildlife and the adventure of a lifetime, Alaska is waiting for you
Riding in a high-speed catamaran along an Alaskan fjord, the captain asked: ‘See that glacier ahead? How far away do you think it is?’ A dozen of us on a boat tour were travelling under a cloudless blue dome of a massive sky with ice floes knocking the hull and waterfalls tumbling down hillsides on either side. An eagle flew high overhead, sea otters clustered in near-still water.
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