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Pan for gold on your own, or as part of a tour.
Whether you like a gentle amble or a strenuous climb, Alaska offers world-class hiking.
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.
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.
Follow along as Star the reindeer walks through downtown Anchorage and attends a party at the Hilton Hotel.