In honor of our friends Aaron and Sally who recently moved from Alaska to the east coast I have compiled a list of people, places, sayings and activities that are uniquely Alaskan. So when those homesick blues kick in they can refer to the list and remember all this cool Alaskana. Many of you will recognize Sally as my most reliable commentor on this blog. Sally also authors one of the most fabulous blogs on the net called "It's Trivial." Check it out for a good read. Props to Amy, Isaac & Katie for help with the brainstorming.
100+ All Things Alaska
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Aces Hockey
Alaska Airlines
Alaska girls kick @$$
Alaska Grown
Alaska State Fair
alpenglow
Alyeska
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Bear Tooth Grill
Big. Wild. Life
black spruce trees
blueberry picking
bore tide
Breakup
Bristol Bay
Buddy Bailey
Carharts
caribou
Carrs-Safeway
Cheechako/Sourdough
Chena Hot Springs
Chilkoot Charlies
Chugach State Park
Copper River Reds
Defense of Life and Property
Denali
dipnetting
do, do, do…do, the lighting gallery
Earthquake Park
Eklutna
Exxon Valdez
fireweed
Frank Murkowski
Frostbite Footrace
full-curl, broomed or 8 years old
Fur Rendevous
Giant cabbage competitions
Girdwood
Glacier Brewhouse
Glacier Pilots baseball
Hatcher Pass
Heather Lende
Hiking Flattop
Hobo Jim
ice art competitions
Ice fog
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iron Dog
Jay Hammond
Jeff Lowenfells
Kaladi Bro’s Coffee
Kenai River
Kikkan Randal
Kincaid Park
Lance Mackey
land of the midnight sun
Matanuska Glacier
Mattress Ranch commercials
Mike Dugan
Moose’s Tooth Pizza
Moose-dropping festival
Mount Marathon
Mount Redoubt
Mr. Whitekey’s Fly By Night Club
muktuk
Muldoon
Nanooks
Native Corporations
Nenana Ice Classic
New Seward Highway
North to the future
Palmer-Wasilla
Permanent Fund Dividend
Point Woronzof
Portage Glacier
Prince William Sound
Prudhoe Bay
Resurrection Pass
Rosie Fletcher
Running with the reindeer
Russian River
Sarah Palin
Scott Gomez
Seawolves
Set-netting
Ski for Women
Snow City Café
snow machines (as opposed to snow mobile)
Spenard
spike-fork-50
Steve, Amy & Autumn
subsistence hunting
Sullivan Arena
Susan Butcher
Taco King
Talkeetna
Tanana River
Ted Stevens
termination dust
The Alcan Highway
The Arctic Circle
The Bush
The Haul Road
The Lower 48/Outside
The Mad Fishicist
The milepost
The North Slope
The Peninsula
Theresa Obermeyer
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Tudor and Lake Otis
Tundra
Turnagain Pass
Whittier
Willow ptarmigan
Winner Creek Trail
XtraTufs
Yukon River
