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Important COVID-19 Update [as of August 3, 2022]

The Alaska Public Lands Information Centers Summer hours and programming for 2022: The Anchorage APLIC is open Monday - Friday from 9AM - 12:30PM and 1:30PM - 5PM. The Fairbanks APLIC is open Daily from 8 AM - 5 PM. The Ketchikan Southeast Discovery Center is open Daily from 8AM to 4PM (Wednesdays & Saturdays 8AM to Noon). 

Consistent with CDC guidance, visitors to some Alaska Public Lands Information Centers, regardless of vaccination status, are only required to wear a mask inside all park buildings during periods of high community transmission. Please call ahead if planning to visit and continue to check back for updated information. 

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Old hardware store Alaska's History 15,000 - 4,000 Before Present Western science asserts the first people came to Alaska about 15,000 years ago following herd animals across the Bering Land Bridge. The Amerind migration group continued south to populate all of the Americas.
Carvings by Alaskan Native carvers Cultural Heritage
Dug Mushing Dog Mushing Photo of dogs sledding through a street in anchorage
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Ice Worms Iceworms Indicators of climate change, iceworms hide in the depths of glaciers. Learn more about one of Alaska's coolest forgotten creatures.

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