A travel documentary examining Alaska's extreme geography, including its 1.7 million square kilometers of terrain shaped by permafrost and tectonic activity. The film explores specific locations like Glacier Bay National Park with its rapidly retreating glaciers, the Juneau Icefield, and Denali National Park, while explaining how Alaska's unique infrastructure, wildlife patterns, and environmental extremes define life in this remote region.
- Duration
- 47 min 12 s
- Route distance
- 1980.6 km
- Start
- Glacier Bay National Park
- End
- Dalton Highway
- Stops
- 9
- Channel author
- Nations Uncovered
Timestamps and places
- — Dalton Highway (Alaska – America’s Last Frontier)
- — Geography, Wildlife and Life in Alaska
- — Glacier Bay National Park
- — Juneau Icefield and Mendenhall Glacier
- — Sitka
- — Ketchikan and Misty Fjords
- — Skagway
- — Valdez
- — Seward
- — Kenai Peninsula
- — Anchorage
- — Talkeetna
- — Denali National Park
- — Fairbanks
- — Dalton Highway and Brooks Range
- — Brooks Falls
- — Alaska – Final Thoughts
Route on the map
ALASKA: Life at the Edge of the Wilderness | Travel Documentary