The only way to speak of Alaska is in superlatives. Everything here is the largest, the best, the first, the coldest or the most beautiful. Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America and the state is larger than 1/5 of the continental US and its 33,000miles of rugged coastline exceed the length of all the other 49 states' coasts combined.
Despite its vastness, Alaska has only 16,000 miles of roads, most unpaved. The majority of the "bush" settlements-those inaccesible by roads-depend on planes to connect them with the outside world; thus Alaska has more planes and pilots per capita than any place in the world. Their traditional isolation has made Alaskans an independent, self-sufficient people. They are also a friendly, outgoing and gregarious lot.
SEWARD began as fishing village and point of arrival for those visiting Alaska.
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