2. Alaska1 Presented by Wanda Presnell

3. Alaska2 Summary Slide  Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter  Alaska Map Alaska Map  Alaska Highway Alaska Highway  Fishing Fishing  Animals Animals  Matanuska Glacier Matanuska Glacier  Mount McKinley National Park Mount McKinley National Park  Santa’s House North Pole Santa’s House North Pole  Alaska Snowfall Alaska Snowfall

4. Alaska3 Wild and Wonderful Alaska Winter  Alaskan's don't hibernate like bears; winter's when the fun begins.  Dog sledding  Snowmobiling  Ice Fishing  Hunting

5. Alaska4 Alaska Map Where I lived, Delta Junction

6. Alaska5 Alaska Highway  My trip started in North Carolina on paved road, after we got to Canada, we were on gravel roads until after we entered Alaska.  Fourteen hundred miles of icy gravel and mountain cliffs.  Nicknamed the Alcan Highway

7. Alaska6 Alaska Highway  THE ROUTE: The Alaska Highway begins in Dawson Creek, in northeastern British Columbia, then winds northwesterly through Canada’s Yukon Territory and into the heartland of Alaska.  Delta Junction, Alaska, 98 miles south of Fairbanks, is the official northern end of the highway  Driving distance from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks is 1,488 miles.

8. Alaska7 Fishing  Pacific salmon  Halibut the size of barn doors  Rainbow trout that weigh 15 pounds  Arctic grayling that slash at flies

9. Alaska8 Animals  Bear  Moose  Buffalo  Caribou  Reindeer  Wolves

10. Alaska9 Northern Lights

11. Alaska10 Matanuska Glacier  Matanuska Glacier in a view from a state recreation site along the Glenn Highway. Fall colors brightened the scene for several mid-September days in the area, about 100 miles east of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway.

12. Alaska11 Mount McKinley National Park  Sunrise paints the flanks of Mount McKinley with a warm glow in Mount McKinley National Park.  Mt. McKinley is highest mountain in North America 20,320 feet tall.

13. Alaska12 Santa’s House North Pole

14. Alaska13 Alaska Snowfall