You may think Alaska is a cold place, full of ice and snow but in the summer, if the forest fires aren't burning and sending up smoke that blankets us from the sun, the temperature can reach 100 degrees in Fairbanks. After being cooped up all winter, we Alaskans know how to get out and play as this page shows.

Alaska Fire

Click on "Next" to start the story and you can navigate from page to page. But just for fun, you can click on:

• the yellow parasail - to see the midnight sun.
• the hanging man - to see why we hurried back.
• the tiny red glider - to see more fire.
• small blue glider - to see Nature's Encore.