Ketchikan And Alaska’s Panhandle Forests And Sea

Alaska’s Panhandle preserves vast tracts of the planet’s dwindling temperate rain forests. Ketchikan, the largest town in the panhandle, lies at the edge of these forests. It perseveres in the shadows of former robust salmon fisheries, but now attracts tourists, undeterred by incessant rains, lured by marine life, exotic forests, and the spectacular