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Stories Set in Alaska
Vast, brutal and beautiful, Alaska is the setting for survival epics, gold-rush ghosts and Arctic mysteries. From Anchorage to the Yukon trails, its stories play out on the largest stage in America.
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Browse 111 books, 119 movies, 4 TV shows and 21 games set in Alaska.

Into the Wild
After graduating from Emory University in 1992 top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions gives his entire $24000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…

The Proposal
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant Andrew Paxton to marry her.

Togo
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength courage and determination of…

The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Insomnia
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Balto
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome Alaska.

The Grey
Following a grueling five-week shift at an Alaskan oil refinery workers led by sharpshooter John Ottway are flying home for a much-needed vacation. But a brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness…

Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game created by Hideo Kojima which follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Despite a transition to 3D, Metal Gear Solid's gameplay remains similar to his…

Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of…

30 Days of Night
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of…
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