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In Seattle they like to call Alaska the land of misfits. "All that rattles rolls north," they say, blithely dismissing this place that is both romanticized and disparaged as the last frontier. But much more lies beneath these superficial assessments. In the waterfront world of Southeast Alaska, college graduates mingle with laborers, and dreamers work alongside pragmatists. It is a land of the uprooted among those who know the secret of home, the native Tlingit. The transplanted...
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In Seattle they like to call Alaska the land of misfits. "All that rattles rolls north," they say, blithely dismissing this place that is both romanticized and disparaged as the last frontier. But much more lies beneath these superficial assessments. In the waterfront world of Southeast Alaska, college graduates mingle with laborers, and dreamers work alongside pragmatists. It is a land of the uprooted among those who know the secret of home, the native Tlingit. The transplanted "southerners" bask in the freedom of this wild country, yet often they are attempting to liberate themselves from damage incurred elsewhere. The unforgiving north becomes a surprising, if excruciating, place to resolve issues from the past. Simple adventures amidst exquisitely beautiful fjords, mountains, and rain forest can turn into complex journeys of the spirit.