Alaska Links

Miscellaneous Alaska Links

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Last modified: September 05, 2011.

General
Southeast Alaska Visitor Center—Located in Ketchikan, includes information on events, ecosystems and native culture, recreation (like camping, wildlife viewing, etc.), resources, rain forest information, learing center, and trip planning.
Alaska Climate Research Center—The main mission of this center is to respond to inquiries concerning the meteorology and climatology of Alaska from public, private and government agencies, and from researchers around the world. Most of the climatological data available for Alaska have been accumulated in Fairbanks and by the state climatologist (Dwight Pollard) in Anchorage at the Alaska State Climate Center (1 907 257 2737). Our center, the Alaska Climate Research Center (1 907 474 7885), issues long-term climatological records and monthly summary weather reviews which are published in several newspapers around the state. We also conduct research on a number of high latitude meteorological & climatological topics and provide useful links for related data. This service is provided free of charge, provided the request is for small amounts of data.
Alaska Monthly Climatology—Alaska monthly temperatures for various Alaskan cities that includes, highest and lowest temperatures, mean number of days with minimum temperature of 32 degrees F or less, average heating degree days, and average cooling degree days. Indudes links to Current Weather, Weather Forcast, and Weather Links. Part of the Alaska Climate Research Center above.
Alaskan Climate History—Instrumental Climate History for Alaska. These are the stations in Alaska with the best historical climate information. Click on the map or on the list below the map for information on the local topography, station history, and mean annual temperature history. Sponsered by The Alaska Climate Research Center above.
Weather Information for Visitors to Alaska—We often get requests from visitors to our web site who are planning trips to Alaska, and who are interested in weather information. This is understandable because Alaska is a new place for many people. We are happy to help and fill such requests, but we have decided to put together a page so our users can find the information they need without waiting for us to respond. Many requests we receive are in the form of: "I am planning a trip to Alaska, and I would like to know what the weather is like there." This simple sounding request is not easy to fulfill. The writer did not state when or where they planned to visit. Alaska is a large state, and the climatology ranges from temperate rain forests in the southeast, to barren tundra in the north. And because of the extreme northern latitude of much of the state, the weather can very considerably during the course of a year even at one location. On this page we have gathered together information and placed in 6 areas that prospective visitors should use to help plan their trips better: 1) Current Road Conditions, 2) Long Range Forecast, 3) Standard Weather Forecast and Observations, 4) Climatology, 5) Daylight, and 6) Things Alaskan and Search Engines. Brought to you by the Alaska Climate Research Center above.
Alaska-Polar Weather Links—Weather links for Alaska, North America, Norther Europe, Northern Asia, and Polar Surface Plots Codes, Observations Forecasts, Current Warnings, Webcams, Polar Satellites, and Models Verification. Also includes Climatoloty-Education-Links for Daily, Monthly, Normals, and Historical Trends for Alaska Climatoloty, Weather Search Engines, Weather Education, Miscellaneous Data and "Links." Sponsored by The Alaskan Climate Research Center above.
Alaska Maps—The guide to Southeast Alaska maps includes Statewide Alaska, Southeast Alaska, Juneau, Other Regional, and Interactive map links.
Alaska Profiles—U.S. Census Bureau Official Statistics of Alaska that includes State Profile, Congressional Districts, and State Data Centers links. Can select profies by county (using a map).
Alaska Web Servers—This is a list of Alaska web servers organized by Academic, Commercial, Government, Non-Profit, and Personal sites (some sorted by city). Despite the organizational categories, this is not a list of Alaska organizations. Some organizations operate more than one server, while some servers represent more than one organization. Each server is listed once only, and all are sited in Alaska. Sponsered by the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center.
Alaska Online—Sit back and experience the last frontier as you never have...right from your desktop. Links to Tourism, Shopping, Anchorage, Business, Activities and Search. Brought to you by Applied Microsystems, Inc.
AlaskaCam—This site includes a live shot looking east on 4th Avenue at G Street in Anchorage, Alaska ("The Busy Corner") from high atop the historic Alaska Building. Includes additional Alaska links and is courtesy of Touch N' Go Systems.
DCRA Alaska Community Database Online —Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) Community Database Query Options. Use the query options to search the database and create web pages of Community Information Summaries, Detailed Community Information, Custom Data Queries, and Local Contact Information for most Alaskan communities.
DCRA Community Database - Community Information Summaries—Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) Community Information Summaries (CIS) presents a summary of the most frequently asked questions for each community in Alaska. Including community location, population, taxes, climate, History, Culture, Demographics, Utilities, Schools, Health Care, Economy, Transportation, and major contacts.
National Climatic Data Center—Welcome to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) WebSite!! The NCDC has a long history of providing Climatological Services to nearly every sector of our economy. We hope you will take time to explore our Satellite, Climate, and Radar Resources. Review What's New for our newest pages and What's Hot for recent events and our most popular pages. Some of our data go back over 150 years and some are as recent as one or two hours old. We have the prime mission of preserving the data for future generations as well as making it available today to all users. We have an international role of being the World Data Center-A for Meteorology under the International Council of Scientific Unions and work closely with the World Meteorological Organization. We have data for locations all around the World and not just the United States.
GHCN Global Historical Climatology Network: Max/Min Temperature—The data summaries provided here are based on data exchanged under the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Watch Program according to WMO Resolution 40 (Cg-XII). This allows WMO member countries to place restrictions on the use or re-export of their data for commercial purposes outside of the receiving country. From this page you can select a region of the world, e.g., Alaska, and make approriate selection to view temperature data for the region of your choice. Brought to you by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) above.
National Parks in Alaska —National Park Service (NPS) page with map and links to the following NPS units in Alaska: Alagnak Wild River, Aniachak NM & NPRES, Bering Land Bridge NPRES, Cape Krusenstern NM, Denali NP & NPRES, Gates of the Arctic NP & NPRES, Glacier Bay NP & NPRES, Katmai NP & NPRES, Kenai Fjords NP, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Kobuk Valley NP, Lake Clark NP & NPRES, Noatak NPRES, Sitka NHS, Wrangell St.Elias NP & NPRES, Yukon Charley Rivers NPRES (NM=National Monument; NP=National Park; NPRES=National Preserve; NHS=National Historical Site; NHP=National Historical Park).
PARKNET: The National Park Service—Home page of the National Park Servive ParkNet that includes Links to the Past (Histories, Cultures & Places), Park Smart (Education & Interpretation), Info Zone (Servicewide Information), Nature Net (Natural Resources in the Park), and Visit Your Parks with general information, fees and reservations, and find a park.
State of Alaska Home Page—State of Alaska Online includes State News, information about the Govenor and Lt. Govenor, facts about Alaska, Hot Topics, and frequently asked questions. Also provides links to state sites such as the employee directory, services, departments, legislature, communities, business, jobs, education, site search, and hypernews.
Local Area Economic Information—State of Alaska Department of Labor Research and Analysis
Economic, Occupation and Population Information Local Area Econonmic Information page. Links to regional economic profile for selected Borough or area. Part of the State of Alaska web site above..
Regional Highlights for the State of Alaska—Home page for exploring the region highlights of Alaska as well as some other travel related information. The Southwest, Far North, Interior, Southcentral, and Inside Passage/Southeast region information includes overviews of attractions, activities, wildlife, climate, clothing, accommodations, getting around, areas of interest, and region major cities. The sight is hosted by Applied Microsystems, Inc..
Southeast Alaska Tourism Council—Community Links—Page lists Inside Passage community web links for Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince Rupert, Sitka, Skagway, Whithorse, and Wrangell. Sponsored by the Southeast Alaska Tourism Council.
National Snow and Ice Data Center-A for Glaciology—Glaciers: Have you wanted to know: 1.What is a glacier? 2.How is a glacier formed? 3.Why do glaciers move? 4.What are the components of a glacier? 5.Where are glaciers located? 6.What types of glaciers are there? 7.How do glaciers affect the land? 8.Do glaciers affect people? 9.Are glaciers dangerous? 10.How do glaciers reflect climate change? This is the site for you and also provides links to sources, quick glacier facts, and a glacier bibliography. It is sponsored by the NSIDC, a data and information resource for those studying snow and ice and their importance to the Earth system. NSIDC archives analogue and digital snow and ice data, creates and distributes data products, and maintains a large library collection in support of snow and ice research.
Tiger Map Server—Must be seen to be believed! This is a mapping service of the U.S. Census Bureau. Click here and go directly to a map of downtown Anchorage. From here you can zoom in or out on, or search for, any part of Alaska (or the U.S. for that matter) that you want. You can generate a nice street map anywhere in the state. Turn on and off layers of information and customize the maps to your hearts content. You can even link to maps you generate from your own web pages. For more information, go to the Tiger Map Service Home Page. To begin mapping from the home page, click on TMS Version 2.5. The only real drawback is that the streets are not named. Other than that, this is a fairly remarkable "gift" from the U.S. Goverment.
Totem Poles—Wonderful descriptions of various Totem Poles by the Royal British Columbia Museum.
Totem Poles: An Exploration—Totem Pole Topics include: •What Do Totem Poles Mean? •Fake Totem Poles Versus Real Ones •How to Make a Totem Come Alive •Where to Visit Totem Poles and See Record Breaking Poles: BC and Alaska •"Low Man on the Totem Pole" •Myths and Falsehoods About Totem Poles •Have a Pole built; commission your own totem pole •Totems All Over the World •The FAR FLUNG TOTEM Project •Common Totem Figures •Questions About Totem Poles •About making the book on Totem Poles. Great site with superb links.
ASF ERS-1 SAR Image Sampler—Includes a variety of images in Alaska. The images and accompanying text accessed from this document are derived from the Alaska SAR Facility's CDROM titled "ASF ERS-1 SAR Image Sampler". The images available here for viewing are owned and copyrighted by the European Space Agency and cannot be copied, sold, or otherwise used for any other purposes. If you are interested in receiving an original copy of any of these images, please contact the Alaska SAR Facility.
Alaska Trivia— Did you know Alaska extends about 1,100 miles north-to-south and about 2,000 miles from east-to-west, or that Mt. Wrangell (14,163 ft.) is the highest active volcano in Alaska. this and other interesting facts are presented on the site offered by Pacific Northwest Title of Alaska.
US National Parks By Name
Prehistory of Alaska
Welcome to the NPS Alaska Region!
NPS Strategic Plans: Government Performance R...

Culture
Native American Home Pages - Nations
Native American Home Pages
Native American Tlingit Culture and Links
Central Council of Tlingit & Hiada Indian Tribes
"Tlingit National Anthem" as retold by Robert...
Tlingit
Other Tribal Websites, National Park Service
NPS Links to the Past--> Discover: People, Places...
Southeast Alaska Indian Tribes Infoseek search results

Glacier Bay
Learning More About Glacier Bay
NPS Alaska GIS Glacier Bay National Park an.
Cultural Resources of Glacier Bay National Pa...

Hubbard Glacier
USGS Earthshots—Hubbard Glacier —In May 1986, the Hubbard Glacier briefly surged down from the mountains, blocking the outlet of Russell Fiord and creating "Russell Lake". All that summer the new lake filled with runoff; its water level rose 25 meters, and the decrease in salinity threatened its sea life. This site by the USGS details this amazing situation in detail with photos and links to additional information.
ASF ERS-1 SAR Image—Hubbard Glacier—This glacier originates in the Icefield Ranges and St. Elias Mountains of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Hubbard Glacier is about 120km long, has an area of 3,400 square kilometres and terminates in Disenchantment Bay/Russell Fiord near Yakutat, SE Alaska. It is the largest North American ice stream presently discharging into tidewater. This site is hosted by the ASF. ASF's primary mission is to acquire, process, archive, and distribute satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for the U.S. government and research communities. ASF (see above) is housed within the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is primarily funded through NASA's Earth Observing System.

Inside Passage
CRUISING THE INSIDE PASSAGE OF ALASKA
Inside Passage, Alaska - (ATMC)

Juneau
Infoseek Juneau
Juneau Economic Development Council - Sites D.
Juneau Web— Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska—Capital City Home Page
Juneau History
Rain or Shine Weather—Juneau
Downtown Juneau Map

Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN VISITORS BUREAU Experience Ketchikan
KVB HOME PAGE DEMOGRAPHICS (JPEGS)
Visit Ketchikan Alaska! It's a Great Place!
Ketchikan--CRUSING THE INSIDE PASSAGE OF ALASKA

Sitka
Welcome to Sitka, Alaska
WashingtonPost.com WeatherPost -- Sitka Japo.