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Sat 03 Mar 2010Alaska's call of the wild
You don’t go to this remote state for the weather – at least not unless you find Ireland too dry. Instead, CATHAL De BARRAfollows its marine highway – and the stampeders who set off for Klondike in search of gold
The Alaska Marine Highway is not as well known as some of the world’s other classic coastal routes. Indeed, for a designated Scenic Byway running the entire length of southeast Alaska, car traffic is decidedly light. That is because this highway is not, in fact, a road but a ferry route linking the lower 48 states of the US with Alaska and many of the coastal communities that are inaccessible by road.
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