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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...state's tourism director, Don Dickey, says, ''This will be the party year.'' Already, as the state swings into summer, the party is on. The most spectacular sight in central Alaska is massive 20,320-ft. Denali, or Mount McKinley. Unfortunately, Denali is 200 miles away from the nearest cruiseship landing point. Customary transportation to Denali National Park in the Alaska range is by bus. Correctly figuring that most affluent U.S. tourists would rather take hookworm medicine than a bus, an outfit called Tour Alaska had the superior idea of buying several old domed railroad observation cars, built to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN ALASKA, THE PARTY IS ON A light-struck wilderness awes new visitors | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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