Homer in Alaska

4 March 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Derek and Julie Ramsey/cc-by-sa-2.5

© Derek and Julie Ramsey/cc-by-sa-2.5

Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska. According to the 2010 Census, the population is 5,003. Long known as The “Halibut Fishing Capital of the World.” Homer is also nicknamed “the end of the road,” and more recently, “the cosmic hamlet by the sea.”   read more…

Anchorage in Alaska

27 June 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Anchorage and Chugach Mountains © flickr.com - Frank K./cc-by-2.0

Anchorage and Chugach Mountains © flickr.com – Frank K./cc-by-2.0

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost city in the United States with more than 100,000 residents and the largest community in North America north of the 60th parallel. With an estimated 299,000 residents, it is Alaska’s most populous city and contains more than 40 percent of the state’s total population. Altogether, the Anchorage metropolitan area, which combines Anchorage with the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, has a population of 381,000.   read more…

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