 MARKET PROFILE Fairbanks, 358 miles north of Anchorage (by way of the Parks Highway), likes to think that it (instead of Delta) is the end of the Alaska Highway. Its central location makes it the focal point for the tiny villages scattered throughout the surrounding wilderness, and Fairbanks is a staging point for North Slope villages such as Barrow and the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay. Alaska may be known for its harsh winter climate, but  Fairbanksans prefer to think of their wonderful Alaskan summers, and enjoy them to the fullest while they can. The Interior has temperatures ranging from 65 degrees below zero in the winter to 90 degrees above in the summer.Because Fairbanks is just 188 miles south of the Arctic Circle (above which the sun neither sets during the summer solstice, nor rises during the winter equinox) we also have very long summer days. The shortest winter day of the year has less than three hours of sunlight, the longest (around June 21st) never really ends, though officially it has over 21 hours. Alaska is now known as "The Last Frontier" but before that it was known as "The Land of a Thousand Smokes" due to volcanoes and earthquake activity. It is a huge state, with room for a wide variety of landscape; from small waterfalls, huge mountains, flat treeless tundra, hot springs and glaciers. In order to enjoy Alaska...you have to experience Alaska, and much of the fun of the trip is here, in the Interior. |
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