Quote Originally Posted by Teacher Terry View Post
Alaska is beautiful but I could not imagine living in such a harsh climate year round and being isolated.
Parts of Alaska might surprise you. Juneau actually has a rain forest. It's not steamy-hot, but the temperatures are -- umm -- temperate enough to support that kind of biological development. Kind of like Minnesota on steroids.

I'll grant that that may not be to everyone's taste, and it still is harder to get people and goods and all into and out of all of Alaska. But it's not all Igloo City year-round.