We use only photos in the public domain or under Creative Commons licenses, mostly from Wikimedia Commons and US government agencies such as the National Park Service, BLM, and US Fish & Wildlife Service. Some images may be resized or cropped. Images marked “AI-generated” are illustrations, not photographs.
- Layering clothes, rubber boots, bear spray, head net and other Alaska trip essentials: AI-generated illustration, not a photograph.
- Alaska travel regions map: Photo: Peter Fitzgerald / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Alyeska Resort, Girdwood: Photo: davidd from Hatch, Utah, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- An Alaska Marine Highway ferry: Photo: Eli Duke / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Arctic Circle sign on the Dalton Highway: Photo: BLM Alaska / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Atigun Pass and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the Brooks Range: Photo: BLM Alaska / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aurora borealis over Wickersham Dome north of Fairbanks: Photo: FairbanksMike / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brown bears fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park: Photo: NPS / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chena Hot Springs Resort area, east of Fairbanks: Photo: Enrico Blasutto / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic between Anchorage and Seward: Photo: RickyCourtney / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- A park bus on the Denali Park Road near Igloo Canyon: Photo: NPS Photo / Emily Mesner / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Alaska Railroad Denali Star rounding a curve: Photo: Len Turner from Lufkin, TX, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wonder Lake and the Alaska Range, Denali National Park: Photo: Denali National Park and Preserve / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Chena River in downtown Fairbanks: Photo: Bernt Rostad / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flattop Mountain, Chugach State Park, Anchorage: Photo: Paxson Woelber / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- A de Havilland Otter floatplane at Homer: Photo: Neal / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kayaking toward a tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay: Photo: Threat to Democracy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hikers on the Harding Icefield Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park: Photo: NPS Photo / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Holgate Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park: Photo: OKJaguar / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aerial view of the Alaska Range and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park: Photo: Denali National Park and Preserve / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- An adult humpback whale breaching in Southeast Alaska: Photo: Gillfoto from Juneau, Alaska, United States / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- An ice sculpture at the World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks: Photo: Extransit at en.wikipedia / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Iditarod ceremonial start, Anchorage, 2018: Photo: Senior Airman Curt Beach / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Matanuska Glacier seen from the Glenn Highway: Photo: Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Falls, Juneau: Photo: Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rafting the Nenana River near Denali: Photo: Richard N Horne / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anglers during the sockeye (red) salmon run, Kenai Peninsula: Photo: USFWSAlaska / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brown bear at Silver Salmon Creek, Lake Clark National Park: Photo: NPS/Kevyn Jalone / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- A sled dog team out for a run in Alaska: Photo: BLM Alaska / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Main Street, Talkeetna: Photo: Michael Boyd / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- An RV caravan on an Alaska highway: Photo: BLM Alaska / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Whittier harbor, gateway to Prince William Sound: Photo: Len Turner from Lufkin, TX, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons