The vivid image of endless lines of prospectors struggling up the Chilkoot Pass says it all. The most common routes to the gold fields were also often the toughest. This archival photograph appears to have been taken on the White Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush. You'll find it in valleys and foothills throughout Alaska. Canadian Mounted Police saved many lives and kept order.
Alaskan artists carve many beautiful objects of jade.
The King or Chinook salmon is the supreme western game fish. Its tasty red flesh makes it a premium food and important part of the economy. This native of Alaska is the largest of all spruces. Long prized by boat builders because of its lightness, this spruce is now an important source of high-grade pulp. Felix Pedro , a persistent Italian prospector, can be credited, at least partially, with the founding of Fairbanks.