The small port town of Seward, Alaska, is perfect for nature lovers, with whale-watching tours, beautiful glaciers, and a ...

Curving south from Anchorage, the Seward Highway leads drivers around the northern edge of Turnagain Arm, passing the ski town of Girdwood and the long tunnel to Whittier before crossing the Kenai ...

Kayaking on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage is so much fun. With beautiful lakes, rivers and bays at Seward and Homer, ...

This small Alaskan city is easy to get to and offers tons of accommodations, with nature cruises and hiking trails right ...

Set along the protected waters of Resurrection Bay on the eastern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, Seward, Alaska, is a terminus for many Gulf of Alaska cruises and is a base for exploring nearby Kenai ...

Accessible wilderness, heaps of trails and enough trophy fish to spawn “it was THIS big” stories for years to come: It’s easy to see why the Kenai Peninsula is sometimes referred to as “Alaska’s ...

It is one of the most scenic, following Turnagain Arm from Anchorage to Portage and then across the Kenai Peninsula to Seward. Traveling along Turnagain Arm, you can see beluga whales, orcas and ...

Dustin Garr introduces a new weeklong adventure itinerary showing travelers how to experience the Kenai Peninsula without picking up a fishing pole We want people to leave saying, I saw the real ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Florence Murray lives in Rochester and took a cruise to Alaska. I grew up always thinking of Alaska, our 49th state, as the land of ice and snow, Eskimos, igloos and polar bears rather ...

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