“There is one word of advice and caution to be given those intending to visit Alaska...If you are old, go by all means, but if you are young, wait. The scenery of Alaska is much grander than anything else of its kind in the world, and it is not wise to dull one’s capacity for enjoyment by seeing the finest first”. (Henry Gannett, Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899) If you choose to take a package holiday to Europe, people do not urge you to read ‘that book’ about the young man who died where you are going! Alaska is different. After much indecision, my husband Chris and I read “Into the Wild,” just before going into the Alaskan wilderness ourselves. However, we city slickers managed to survive the Alaskan Wilderness. We saw wolf, moose & even Harrison
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