User:Alaskanjackal

In an attempt to reduce duplication, please see for now. I'll create a WikiTravel-specific page here when I get a chance.

I work in the travel industry in Anchorage, Alaska. I love showing off our state. If you have any questions about traveling to or in Alaska, don't hesitate to ask me. If I don't know the answer, I'll research it as best I can. To contact me, you can leave a note on my talk page, but I tend to be inconsistent about visiting sites, so I may go a few weeks without checking up on WikiTravel. If you have a more urgent query, please send me an email at [mailto:travelinfo@danubealaska.net].

I look forward to working on expanding WikiTravel's coverage!

(WT-en) Cluth 04:12, 29 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Contributions

 * Alaska - Getting in and getting around
 * Anchorage - Getting in and getting around; Hostelling International

Real-time list of contributions
 * Telephone service for travel - Miscellaneous fact-checks and general usage of cell phones in the US (my first edit was done as an unregistered user--I was IP address 69.178.40.95)

To Do
Current projects
 * Alaska
 * Refine driving in Alaska (more info on roads, etc.; note that distances are large and facilities are very sparse)
 * Refine other transportation options (more info on specific routes and destinations)--make it less of an overview
 * Add info to other categories as time allows


 * Anchorage
 * Add info to other categories as time allows
 * Link to PeopleMover home page and route map page
 * Links to car rental companies

Ideas for future coverage
 * Alaska Railroad route guide
 * Exotic Alaskan highway route guides (wait, isn't every Alaskan highway exotic?), such as the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay or the Chitina-McCarthy washboard, shock-absorber-slaying Highway

Links

 * University of Alaska Anchorage
 * University of Alaska Anchorage
 * UAA's journalism program
 * The Northern Light - UAA's student newspaper — I plan to start freelancing for it this semester
 * KRUA - UAA's student radio station — you can hear occasional newscasts featuring my contributions
 * UAA's aviation program


 * Alaska links
 * State of Alaska
 * State of Alaska Facts and Visitor Information
 * Alaska Travel Industry Association - sponsored by the State of Alaska
 * SLED (Statewide Library Electronic Doorway)
 * SLED's tourist info site (has similar links to what's on this page)
 * Alaska.com
 * Alaska Airlines
 * Alaska Channel - available in hotel rooms; site offers good, solid travel tips from locals and they produce a great free guidebook. I use its restaurant reviews and I live here.
 * Alaska Railroad
 * Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau
 * Anchorage Daily News
 * Municipality of Anchorage
 * The Milepost - the best book for traveling by road in Alaska (hint: it's half as expensive if you buy it at one of the Anchorage Costcos)
 * National Weather Service Anchorage Forecast Office (It's not as cold in Anchorage as people think!)
 * University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute's Aurora Forecast


 * Other travel links
 * Let's Go - travel guides for travelers on the cheap (that is, poor college students like me)
 * Lonely Planet - travel guides for adventurous, budget-oriented travelers
 * Rick Steves - travel guides for budget-oriented travelers who want one step above a youth hostel


 * Other links
 * Costco, the best store in the world
 * My Web site. More links there (eventually).