Alaska Sealife Center

The Alaska SeaLife Center is a non-profit marine science facility dedicated to understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine ecosystem of Alaska through research, rehabilitation and public education. The Center's research facilities and naturalistic exhibits immerse visitors in the dynamic marine ecosystems of Alaska.

Research

Center-based research projects help scientists discover reasons for declining marine animal populations and environmental changes.

Education

From early education to Elderhostel, the Alaska SeaLife Center educational programs and presentations are designed to expand the public's knowledge of Alaska's marine ecosystems.

Exhibitry

The many exhibits at the Alaska SeaLife Center immerse visitors in Alaskan marine ecosystems and provide opportunities to watch animals in naturalistic habitats as well as research settings.

June 1 - September 12, 2010

Cost: $22.00 per adult / $10.00 per child

Seward Alaska Vacation Tours

Seward is the coastal gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park and is one of Alaska's most popular destinations for Alaska vacation-goers. Explore just a few of the many activities Seward has to offer.

Full Day Cruise This 110-mile full-day cruise travels into Kenai Fjords National Park and to the Chiswell Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Your host will be a uniformed National Park Ranger, who will provide narration on your journey and point out the many spectacular sights while fielding any questions you may have.

Wildlife is abundant throughout the Kenai National Park, and the tidewater glaciers are massive. You'll visit the mighty Holgate Glacier where guests often witness calving - a process by which glaciers shed giant blocks and slabs of ancient ice - from a close distance. With photo opportunities galore, your cruise will be unforgettable.

The full-day Kenai Fjords National Park cruise departs daily from Seward. The drive to Seward from Anchorage is about a three-hour trip and is full of scenery including: mountains, inlets, lakes, rivers, glaciers and more. If you'd rather use your travel time to gaze at the spectacular sights, we can arrange transportation via motor coach or the legendary Alaska Railroad.

The modern Coast Guard-certified vessel features heated cabins, multiple outside decks, a full-service bar and clean restrooms, not to mention our experienced and friendly crew who will assure your comfort and safety at all times.

A delicious Alaska salmon and prime rib meal is served buffet style with guaranteed reserved table seating in a heated cabin for every guest. Free full-color guide to the Kenai Fjords National Park for every paying adult. Large, stable vessels with multiple viewing decks and fog-free windows. See more wildlife with our "cruising restaurant" service, allowing you the comfort and convenience of exploring as you dine. Cost (with meal): $156.00 per adult / $70.00 per child

Cost (without meal): $127.00 per adult / $63.00 per child

Departure: 11:45 am

Alaska Travel and Vacation Tours in Denali

It is never too early to start planning your 2010 Alaskan Vacation! Take a look at our newly expanded Alaska tour, Alaska hotels, and Alaska vacation packages. Our 2010 selection offers the most Alaska travel options in our history! Alaska Denali Tours is a 100% Alaskan owned company that has been serving thousands of Alaska Travel goers since 1992 with only the highest quality Alaska tours and Alaska vacations. Unique among other Alaska travel and tour companies, Alaska Denali Tours owns and operates our own Denali lodgings and tour buses inside Denali National Park, not to mention a luxurious motorcoach service between Denali and Anchorage. Denali National Park is the number one attraction in Alaska vacations and Alaska travel tours, and we would love to tailor a vacation experience for you. We offer fully customizable Alaska travel and Alaska tour packages where you can build your own itinerary. The options are endless and the choices are all yours. We can customize the Alaska tours, Alaska vacations, or Alaska travel itineraries that you desire and fit your budget, from economical to luxurious. You buy only the Alaska travel components you would like to experience. Every aspect of your Alaska vacation is tailored for you.

Anchorage, Alaska - Elevated Railroad Car

Visitor Tips and News About Elevated Railroad Car

Following are Elevated Railroad Car reports and tips that were sent in by RoadsideAmerica.com visitors. Some tips may not be verified. Anchorage, Alaska - Elevated Railroad Car This is no longer there. I drove by just the other day and noticed they took it down, reportedly, sometime last year. Luckily I got the picture I wanted of it before they took it down. [Kristie, 08/01/2009]

Anchorage, Alaska - Elevated Railroad Car On the south side of Anchorage is a bar/hotel that has a rail car up on pillars, standing guard by the side entrance. [Adam Scott Lankford, 04/15/2008] [RA: Adam has added to the pile of steadily accumulating evidence that Alaska is a really bizarre place. It's perhaps even worth the extraordinary road trip it takes to get there!]

Cantwell, Alaska - Igloo City - Igloo-shaped Building

Visitor Tips and News About Igloo City - Igloo-shaped Building Following are Igloo City - Igloo-shaped Building reports and tips that were sent in by RoadsideAmerica.com visitors. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip or update.

Cantwell, Alaska - Igloo City While traveling to Alaska by motorcycle we couldn't help but stop at this landmark located right on the George Parks Highway. We found out from locals that the "Hotel" has been built for many years, perhaps in the 70's, and has never been open because of not meeting building codes. Different individuals have owned it and yet no one has been able to open it. It is currently padlocked and becoming dilapidated. The RV park adjoining it is also closed and buildings and pumps are gone, leaving only "The Igloo" [Larry Klink, 09/10/2009]

Cantwell, Alaska - Igloo City The attraction, Igloo City, is sadly no longer open. The Igloo is boarded up, the gas pumps are missing, and one of the dormer windows has started to collapse in. [Kenton Henry, 06/01/2007] Cantwell, Alaska - Igloo City - Igloo-shaped Building The 4-story igloo building. I used to live 3 miles from the Igloo -- now live about 100 from there. [DeVonne Koppenberg, 03/20/2005] [RA: DeVonne sent her 1998 photo of the Igloo building in its prime.]

Cantwell, Alaska - Igloo City I just returned from the 49th state and saw a couple of things that you might find interesting. First is Igloo City, approximately 180 miles out of Anchorage on the Parks Highway that goes to Fairbanks. It is a 4-story igloo that is supposed to eventually be a motel, the exterior is done and visible from airplanes at 30,000 feet, so I am told, but the interior is not. The great pleasures of using an outhouse in Alaska in the middle of winter can not be overstated. Unfortunately the Gift Shop doesn't carry any giant igloo t-shirts or other locally relevant stuff, just typical Alaska T shirts that you can get anywhere in the state. They have big plans however, plumbing is being put in slowly and the cashier in the gas station is the CEO of the company! Also on that same road about 30 mile south of Fairbanks is a motel/Bar with a great name -- Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn -- this guy has the Merchandising end down pat, almost as much stuff as a Hard Rock Cafe. Unfortunately there is not much else to see there but every tourist stops to take a picture. I did. [David Everett, 12/