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Stories, field notes and guidance for seeing Alaska more clearly.
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It’s one of the first questions most visitors ask. The answer begins with mountains, oceans and a frontier that shaped the way Southeast Alaska Connects.
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The Town That Still Faces the Water
Petersburg is often described as quaint, but quaintness is only what the work looks like from a distance. In this small Southeast Alaska town, commercial fishing, the cannery and the harbor still shape the rhythm of daily life.
