Alaska Excursions

Alaska Excursions

Wide range of glorious day trips throughout Southcentral Alaska.

Iditarod 38

Photos and stories from the last great race.

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Springtime ice melt

Ice patterns on a mud puddle in a vacant Anchorage lot on Wednesday morning March 31, 2010.

After six months of a cold, dark winter, the extended sunlight in Alaska begins its work on the frozen-over region, melting away the ice and giving everything a glossy sheen.

Turnagain Arm

Ice is broken up along the shoreline of Portage Lake.Warm winter weather in the area diminished much of the ice and snow south of Anchorage. But what remained gleamed in the sunshine on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.

Warm winter weather diminished much of the ice and snow south of Anchorage. But what remained gleamed in the sunshine on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, along Turnagain Arm, in Girdwood and on Portage Lake.

Historic Fur Rondy

Jane Cosgrove helps her dogs out with a good push at the beginning of a race February 9, 1985 in Anchorage.

Fur Rondy through the years

Star the reindeer

Follow along as Star the reindeer walks through downtown Anchorage and attends a party at the Hilton Hotel.