EVENTS IN ALASKA
Brook Green DMC Alaska · Sarah Maragoni
Alaska is known to host some of the most extraordinary and most genuinely unique events on earth — from the legendary Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and the World Ice Art Championships to extraordinary Native Alaskan cultural celebrations and the remarkable natural spectacle of the Northern Lights and the midnight sun that transform the Alaskan calendar into something unlike any other destination on earth. From Anchorage to Fairbanks and from Juneau to the Arctic wilderness, events in Alaska's calendar showcase the state's remarkable combination of extraordinary natural phenomena, genuine frontier spirit and deep human cultural heritage, making every occasion permanently memorable.
Alaska's event calendar is an extraordinary blend of sporting adventures, cultural celebrations, natural phenomena and wilderness experiences that exist nowhere else on earth. There is the Iditarod — the Last Great Race — the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, the Fur Rendezvous Winter Festival in Anchorage and the extraordinary natural events of the Northern Lights season and the midnight sun summer that make Alaska's calendar genuinely unlike any other destination's. Each region of the state offers something completely unique — from Anchorage's surprisingly sophisticated cultural scene and Fairbanks's extraordinary ice art tradition to the remarkable Native Alaskan cultural celebrations of communities whose connection to this extraordinary landscape stretches back thousands of years.
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Additional Events in Alaska
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
One of the most legendary and most genuinely extraordinary sporting events on earth — the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins each March in Anchorage and covers over 1,000 miles of the most dramatic Alaskan wilderness, finishing in Nome on the Bering Sea coast. For corporate groups — the ceremonial start in Anchorage is one of the most extraordinary and most genuinely Alaskan experiences available anywhere in the state. The mushers and their extraordinary dog teams moving through the streets of Anchorage as the crowds cheer, the extraordinary energy of the start line and the profound sense of witnessing something that could only happen here create a corporate event moment of such genuine character and such genuine Alaskan spirit that delegates leave permanently captivated by both the race and the remarkable state that hosts it.
World Ice Art Championships — Fairbanks
Every February and March, Fairbanks hosts the World Ice Art Championships — the most extraordinary ice sculpture competition on earth, where teams of carvers from across the globe transform enormous blocks of the clearest natural ice on earth into sculptures of breathtaking beauty, extraordinary technical complexity and genuine artistic magnificence. The multi-block competition produces sculptures of such extraordinary scale — some reaching over four metres in height — that the championship grounds become a gallery of genuinely extraordinary frozen art illuminated by the extraordinary Fairbanks winter light. For corporate groups visiting during the Northern Lights season, combining the ice art championships with an evening Northern Lights expedition creates an experience of such complete and such extraordinary natural and human beauty that delegates describe it as one of the most remarkable evenings of their lives.
Fur Rendezvous Winter Festival — Anchorage
Each February, Anchorage celebrates its extraordinary frontier heritage with the Fur Rendezvous Winter Festival — one of Alaska's oldest and most beloved winter celebrations. The extraordinary variety of events — from the Running of the Reindeer and the World Championship Sled Dog Race through downtown Anchorage to the extraordinary Native Alaskan cultural performances and the remarkable fur auction that reflects Alaska's extraordinary trapping heritage — creates a festival of such genuine Alaskan character and such genuine community warmth that corporate groups leave feeling they have truly experienced the authentic spirit of the Last Frontier.
Northern Lights Season — Fairbanks and beyond
From September through April — and most reliably from November through February — Alaska's extraordinary auroral zone delivers the most spectacular natural light show on earth. Private Northern Lights expeditions departing from Fairbanks into the wilderness beyond the city lights — where the extraordinary aurora fills the entire sky in curtains and ribbons of green, purple and white light that shift and dance above the silent forest — create corporate experiences of such complete and such profound natural beauty that delegates frequently describe the Northern Lights as the single most extraordinary natural experience of their lives. Brook Green arranges private Northern Lights expeditions with expert aurora guides, wilderness camp experiences and extraordinary photography opportunities for groups of every size.
Midnight Sun Festival — Fairbanks
Each June, Fairbanks celebrates the extraordinary phenomenon of the midnight sun with the Midnight Sun Festival — a remarkable outdoor celebration taking place as the sun refuses to set and the golden light of an Alaskan summer evening stretches endlessly across the extraordinary wilderness. The Midnight Sun Baseball Game — played at midnight without artificial lighting — is one of Alaska's most beloved traditions and one of the most genuinely extraordinary sporting experiences available anywhere on earth. For corporate groups visiting Alaska in the summer months, incorporating a midnight sun celebration — an outdoor dinner, a wilderness excursion or a simple gathering to witness the extraordinary light at the stroke of midnight — creates a corporate event moment of such genuine wonder and such genuine uniqueness that delegates treasure it permanently.
Alaska Native Heritage Month
Each November, Alaska celebrates its extraordinary Native Alaskan heritage through a remarkable programme of cultural events, traditional performances and community celebrations that bring the extraordinary human story of Alaska's indigenous peoples to a wider audience with pride, warmth and genuine cultural generosity. Private guided experiences during Native Heritage Month — traditional drumming and dancing performances, cultural demonstrations of the remarkable crafts and skills that allowed Alaska's indigenous communities to thrive in one of the world's most challenging environments and intimate conversations with cultural elders — create corporate experiences of such genuine human depth and such genuine cultural richness that delegates leave with a completely new understanding of what it means to call this extraordinary landscape home.
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