MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:
Fairbanks
A superior spot for viewing the aurora borealis, Fairbanks
also offers you the popular University of Alaska Museum and,
during the summer, the excellent "Northern Inua"
show featuring northern athletic games, dance and creation
stories produced by the World Eskimo and Indian Olympics
The University of Alaska Museum features displays
from every state region, with highlights including a 36,000-year-old
Steppe bison, Native art, a gold display, a presentation on
the Northern Lights and a nature trail. Wildlife displays
are extensive and excellent.
In Fairbanks you'll also find the 44-acre Pioneer Park, a
world-class riverboat cruise on the Chena and Tanana rivers,
views of the Alaska pipeline, tours of Eielson Air Force Base,
a historic gold dredge and a working gold mine, both open
for tours, and the Creamers' Field waterfowl refuge,
You can arrange any number of other trips and tours: flightseeing,
fishing, canoeing, boating, visits to bush destinations and
Native villages, and visits to hot springs. Or, you can fly
to the Arctic Circle, to see what life in an Athabascan Village
is like.
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