Fairbanks is the gateway to your authentic Alaska adventure. Come be enthralled by winter's unsurpassed display of northern lights. Go mushing with a dog team on a wooded trail. View the artistry of larger than life-sized ice sculptures. See award winning exhibits on Alaska's cultural and natural history. Shop for exquisite Alaska Native crafts, both Athabaskan and Eskimo. Celebrate our Gold Rush past. Be energized in summer's land of midnight sun. From our riverfront location, a tour transports you to the edge of the Last Frontier, Denali and the Arctic wilderness.

"The Last Great Race on Earth" has a starting line, but that line seemed a long way from where I was standing; surrounded by a howling pack of grungy mutts in a warm and muddy mountain valley. The scene was yelping chaos as Matt Hayashida's favorite collection of dogs were harnessed and attached to a metal-go-cart contraption. Eight people piled onto the buggy. I couldn't imagine the train of canines moving this unwieldy apparatus with any sort of energy, but Matt recommended I hold on tight. "Once they start it's hard to wind 'em down," Matt had mentioned earlier. And when the shouting of "Git it! Git It! Git it!" sent the dogs flying forward, imagining the Iditarod starting line in Anchorage suddenly became a whole lot easier!

Sick Vespa Ride! The Brooklyn Chowder Surfer brings Alaska back home to Brooklyn! Its a harvest time tradition... pumpkins and salmon!!! In Alaska when the waves are pumping, the fish are running, and when the fish are running... the pumpkins are ripe for the pickin'. Watch more episodes at www.brooklynchowdersurfer.com!

Sick Vespa Ride! The Brooklyn Chowder Surfer brings Alaska back home to Brooklyn! Its a harvest time tradition... pumpkins and salmon!!! In Alaska when the waves are pumping, the fish are running, and when the fish are running... the pumpkins are ripe for the pickin'. Watch more episodes at www.brooklynchowdersurfer.com!

Toni Senecal travels to Alaska with National Geographic Photographer, Kim Heacox.

Toni Senecal travels to Alaska with National Geographic Photographer, Kim Heacox.

Toni Senecal travels to Alaska with National Geographic Photographer, Kim Heacox

Toni Senecal travels to Alaska with National Geographic Photographer, Kim Heacox.

At Silversea, all-inclusive describes much more than their complimentary spirits and amenities. When nothing is excluded, anything is possible. New and unexpected pleasures. Rare opportunities to embrace the exotic. Aboard intimate ships with the best the world has to offer in a place where you can feel free to live life to its fullest. For more details contact Select World travel or e-mail enquiries@selectworldtravel.co.uk or see our award winning Blog site at www.selectworld.travel

The water there is so clear and you can drink it!