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What is the cheapest/easiest way to get to Alaska?

Question by rangerkloog: What is the cheapest/easiest way to get to Alaska?
I’d like to go up to Homer this coming June, but at least to the southern bit (Ketchikan). We’ll be leaving from Washington state but that, too, is flexible. The marine highway is so expensive, and driving is so far, but I’ve had trouble finding information on trains & buses. Anyone have any tips? Thanks!

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Answer by JP
Take the mailboat. Nothing fancy, but inexpensive.

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Dolphins on the Alaska Marine Highway

My friends and I were riding the ferry from Bellingham, WA to Ketchikan, AK. I was making a video of the scenery with my little snapshot camera, when all of a sudden this pod of White-Sided Dolphins showed up! I was totally unprepared, hence the poor cinematography. 😉

On the Alaska state ferry M/V Aurora in Feb. 2011. 14 ft seas, freezing spray, 80 MPH winds in Northern Chatham Strait.
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Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System 1

Alaska Marine Highway: Experience Alaska’s Marine Highway by ferry along more than 3500 miles of scenic coastal routes. Explore the 33 communities served by the ferry system, each with a different flavor of Alaskan indigenous and modern culture, fascinating history and great scenery. See whales, glaciers, rare birds, and sea lions from the deck of the Alaska State Ferry.
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Alaska Marine Highway: Experience Alaska’s Marine Highway by ferry along more than 3500 miles of scenic coastal routes. Explore the 33 communities served by the ferry system, each with a different flavor of Alaskan indigenous and modern culture, fascinating history and great scenery. See whales, glaciers, rare birds, and sea lions from the deck of the Alaska State Ferry.
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Alaska officials release ex-governor Sarah Palin’s 24,000 pages of e-mails

Alaska officials release ex-governor Sarah Palin’s 24,000 pages of e-mails
Officials in the far northwestern U.S. state of Alaska have released more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails from her first two years as governor. The e-mails were distributed in paper form to reporters Friday, at the state capital, Juneau. Several news agencies have begun scanning them for distribution electronically. Two major U.S. newspapers are posting the texts online. Some of the e …
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Alaska releases Sarah Palin’s gubernatorial emails
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska officials Friday released thousands of pages of Sarah Palin’s emails, giving a glimpse of her time as governor, her struggles in dealing with gossip about her family and her rise to national prominence as a vice presidential nominee.
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Alaska releases Sarah Palin emails – read them for yourself

Alaska releases Sarah Palin emails – read them for yourself
The national media has parachuted into Juneau, Alaska, and are pouring through thousands of emails from Sarah Palins time as governor of The Last Frontier. The emails were first requested during the 2008 White House race by citizens and news organizations, including The Associated Press. Alaska released more than 24,000 pages of emails in paper […]
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Alaska poised to release thousands of Palin emails
The state of Alaska is getting ready to release thousands of emails from Sarah Palin’s time as governor.
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Alaska releasing Palin’s emails
JUNEAU, Alaska – The state of Alaska today will release thousands of Sarah Palin’s emails from her first two years as governor, a disclosure that has taken on national prominence as she flirts with a run for the presidency.
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Q&A: Could I hire a boat to ferry me and my car from Alaska to Russia?

Question by godfather: Could I hire a boat to ferry me and my car from Alaska to Russia?
I understand it would be expensive but I would just like to know if it is possible?

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Answer by jaker
You would have to make sure the Russians would allow it. If so I am sure you could hire a US boat to do it.

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WIG, I heard that there is a Ferry service being run in Alaska using a WIG type aircraft, anyone heard of this

Question by gregva2001: WIG, I heard that there is a Ferry service being run in Alaska using a WIG type aircraft, anyone heard of this
I know that Beriev in the former USSR had built and tested several wing in ground effect sea-plane type aircraft for the military, one destroyed in an accident, the other moth-balled. Would a large transport type WIG aircaft be able to go across the Atlantic and/or pacific? or even for work on inland lakes, rivers etc.

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Answer by hazbob43
I live in alaska let me check in to this I think I know what you talking about

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How much would it cost to take a ferry from Washington to Alaska, my ultimate destination is Anchorage.?

Question by bodybuilder: How much would it cost to take a ferry from Washington to Alaska, my ultimate destination is Anchorage.?
I also have a Ford Focus and would be sleeping outside. Which ports would be the best to depart and get off from. thanks

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Answer by jeopardy
Adult (12+) 3.00
Car or R.V. – 15′ 7.00
Bellingham, Washington to Haines, Alaska.
http://www.akmhs.com/fares/

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