Fairbanks Alaska Itinerary & Behind the Scenes

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In today’s edition, I want to tell you why we recently kicked off our Alaska series with an episode from Fairbanks, Alaska’s second largest city. (Sunday, we follow up with a visit to the coastal enclave of Juneau.) I’ve got a Fairbanks itinerary for you today, as well as behind the scenes stories about the making of the episode.

Let’s start with logistics: Fairbanks is in the deep of the interior, and best known for really long summer days, really cold winters and a great home base to see the Northern Lights. And don’t forget that’s it’s also a great home base for visiting Denali National Park and North Pole, a cute tiny town that was created to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year long.

Most people who go to Alaska do so by getting on a cruise, and seeing the Inside Passage of tiny coastal communities like Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and others. Or, they fly to Anchorage, Alaska’s biggest city, and cruise up from there.

My recommendation for anyone reading is to book hotel rooms and rental car a year ahead of time and explore that way. You’ll see way more, have access to wildlife, and will be on your timetable, not the cruise ship. July is prime time in Fairbanks and all over Alaska, so best to book ahead if interested.

Meanwhile, on these editions, I like to offer behind the scenes stories about the making of these episodes. Let me just start with the gear I brought to a once in a lifetime trip to the Last Frontier and a link to a complete itinerary for your Fairbanks trip.