Historical Markers in
Anchorage, Alaska

1964 Earthquake A Prickly World Anchorage Aloft! Ancient Traditions of the Athabascan People Athabascan Family Lodges and Cabins Atlantic Salmon-A Threat to the Chugach National Forest? Brown Bears of AWCC Captain James Cook Coho Salmon Life Cycle Fort Richardson National Cemetery-Gate Measuring the Magnitude of Damage Mobile Architecture Moose Calves Oscar Gill House Our Living National Symbol Raven the Creator Resolution Park 1776 / 1778 The Earth Did Quake Tsunami! Turnagain Heights Slide What is this “Rock Man”?
When faced with the extreme, Alaska calls into play skills and resources that 'outsiders' never have to exercise. Wisdom born of experience. Perhaps that is why Alaska has produced more innovative stuff per capita than any state in the Union. From the Aleut carved hunting hats, delicately constructed from sea lion whiskers and sea otter fur, to the slideholders made from polar bear claws, to the smoke hole plugs from mastodon bone, the real art of Alaska came from a hard sense of grace that dances with the fine line between life and death.
Nick Jans in The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos