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You can't see all of a place until you look at it from a distance.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

There's one place, and one place only, to see polar bears in America. You have to travel to the country's northernmost point, the very apex of Alaska's North Slope, to the permafrost shores that stretch out on either side from the Inupiat town of Kaktovik.

What I miss most about living in Alaska is the fishing.

The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light.