Alaska Travel Guides and Book Reviews
The following are all books and guides that will help you find out more about the Alaska region before you travel and whilst you are there.
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Alaska by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising Alaska (2005 edition)
By Anne Vipond; paper, 368 pp.
Vipond draws on her copious knowledge of the region to give details of the shore excursion options at a host of ports of call from Seattle to Anchorage, plus useful city maps and a range of colour and black and white photographs. With it’s coverage of the history, native cultures, nature, and visitor attractions this is the ideal book to help you choose an Alaska cruise, or use as your personal guide when you’re there.
 
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Frommers Alaska 2008
By Charles P. Wohlforth; paper, 498 pp.
Frommers offers the reader The Best of Alaska, and the author, a lifelong Alaskan, sets out to suggest a range of sights and experiences that are new and exciting. Many of Alaska’s attractions are in the great outdoors – a humpback whale breaching, a mighty glacier calving, or a bear catching salmon in a river. Of course you cannot expect to see all of these things, but you might, which is the reason why people choose to explore the natural world. Don’t overlook Alaska’s history, and the culture of the indigenous people, exhibited in cultural demonstrations and on their totem poles. This book will help you to choose an itinerary, and make the most of your visit to this fascinating land.
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The Nature of Alaska (2nd edition)
By James Kavanagh, illustrated by Raymund Leung; paper, 176 pp.
An introduction to familiar plants, animals and natural attractions of Alaska, including
birds, mammals, fishes, as well as trees, shrubs and wildflowers.
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