Why do people like to go to Alaska?
The 49th state has rightly earned its nickname as the Last Frontier, packed with staggering mountains amidst glaciers clung to their sides, big game wildlife, towering icebergs, lively cities, a unique culture, historic mining communities, and a thousand things in between. The state sport of Alaska is dog mushing, which was once the primary mode of transportationin most of Alaska.
The Iditarod Dog Sledding race is the state's largest sporting event.
More than half the world's glaciers can be found in Alaska
