MONTAGE TWO MEN KAYAKING DOWN RIVER, YOUNG MALE,
FEMALE HIKERS WITH BACK PACK WAITING BY RAILROAD
TRACKS ON EDGE OF FOREST. TWO SPEEDING DOWN RIVER
IN SMALL OUTBOARD MOTORBOAT. TWO CANOEING IN
MIDDLE OF LARGE LAKE. ZOOM IN "ALASKA" FLASHES ON
SCREEN. MOST OF ALASKA IS IN GOVERNMENT HANDS.

AERIAL PAN VAST WILDERNESS OF FOREST LAND WHERE
ALASKAN'S HAVE PROPOSED A COMPLETELY NEW CAPITAL
CITY, A CAREFULLY PLANNED CENTER OF GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS, SHOPS, HOMES, TO RISE FROM WILDERNESS.
CONCEIVED WITH REGARD FOR FUTURE.

PHOTOS OF BOOMING GOLD RUSH TOWN WHICH BECAME
KNOWN AS JUNEAU. BY 1900 WAS CENTER OF ALASKA'S
POPULATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE. OBVIOUS CHOICE TO
BECOME THE CAPITAL CITY.

CRUISE SHIP SAILS BY JUNEAU. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO
ROADS TO JUNEAU, IT IS REACHABLE ONLY BY BOAT AND
AIRPLANE.

HAND OF ARCHITECT AS HE DESIGNS NEW CAPITAL CITY
TO BE LOCATED IN WILLA, SIXTY KILOMETERS NORTH OF
ANCHORAGE. IN RECENT ELECTION, PEOPLE HAVE VOTED
TO MOVE CAPITAL TO WILLA. PAN OF WOODED AREA.

MINIATURE MODEL OF CITY WITH BUILDINGS ABLE TO
WITHSTAND WEATHER, AND A CITY "WHERE PEOPLE WOULD
NOT HAVE TO WALK MORE THAN TEN CITY BLOCKS TO GET
TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO" AERIAL PAN OF HOMES,
BUILDINGS IN MINIATURE.

RUTH DRIVES WAITS FOR DOORS TO SLIDE OPEN, DRIVES
INTO HANGAR. SHE LOADS PICK-UP TRUCK WITH LARGE
BAGS OF MAIL, DRIVES THEM TO PLANE, LOADS THEM ON.
SHE NARRATES, TELLS HOW SHE LEARNED TO FLY FORTY
YEARS EARLIER IN NEBRASKA, HOW MUCH SHE LOVES IT.

AERIAL RUTH'S PLANE FLYING OVER FOREST, AS SEEN
FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE. RUTH COMING IN FOR
LANDING IN AREA CALLED SQUETNA, DISTANT, ISOLATED,
MILES FROM NEAREST ROAD TWO MEN STANDING BY
STATION WAGON, WATCH HER TAXI TOWARDS THEM

TWO MEN WITH SMALL BOY START UP SMALL OUTBOARD
MOTOR BOAT, TAKE OFF DOWN RIVER WITH MAIL BAGS.
MAN CARRIES BAGS OF MAIL TO LOG CABIN ALONG RIVER.

ESKIMO-NANA CORPORATION:
KOTZEBUE, ALASKA ON MAP. CU OLD ESKIMO WOMAN,
CLAIRE ADAMS, REPAIRS NETS IN PREPARATION FOR
SALMON RUNS. CU ZOOM IN FACE SHOT AS SHE WORKS. CU
FACE SHOTS OF OTHER NATIVE ALASKANS, INCLUDING
CHILDREN.

AERIAL NATIVE OWNED NANA CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS
IN KOTZEBUE, THE SECOND LARGEST ESKIMO VILLAGE IN
THE ARCTIC. OF THE 4800 MEMBERS IN NANA
CORPORATION, ALMOST HALF LIVE IN KOTZABUE.

CU WILLIE HENSLEY, YOUNG ESKIMO AND A MEMBER OF
NANAS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SPEAKS, SUMS UP THEIR
ATTITUDE.

ESKIMO TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WATCHES PLANE THROUGH
WINDOW AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING

CU ESKIMO WORKER CARVES JADE PIECES. ESKIMOS
TRADITIONALLY WERE IVORY CARVERS. WITH SHORTAGE OF
IVORY, JAGE FITS THE BILL.

HUGE HERD OF REINDEER WITH HUGE HORNS ARE HUSTLED
TOGETHER BY ESKIMOES WHO FORM A FENCE, HOLDING A
LONG PIECE OF CANVASS BETWEEN THEM, AND CLOSING IN
ON THE HERD. WITH WILD CARIBOU HERDS BECOMING
SMALLER EACH YEAR, ESKIMOS BEGAN TO RAISE REINDEER

ELDER ESKIMOS POUND ON DRUMS, SING TRADITIONAL
TRIBAL SONGS, DANCE. ETHNIC MUSIC, DANCE. ZOOM IN
OLD ESKIMOES SINGING. CU ESKIMO POUNDS FOOT, WITH
COLORFUL BOOT MADE OF SKINS, FUR, IN DANCE. CU OLD
ESKIMO DOES DANCE WITH BIG SMILE ON FACE.

ELAINE BROOKS, AXE IN HAND, CHILD IN PAPOOSE ON
HER BACK AND SMALL DAUGHTER, WALK OUT OF SMALL
CABIN, ALONGSIDE LAKE, IN WOODS OF BROOKS RANGE.
HER HUSBAND DIED IN PLANE CRASH, LEAVING HER AND
CHILDREN ALONE IN RANGE.

CU ELAINE MIXES BOWL OF DOUGH MADE FROM WHEAT.
EIGHTY PERCENT OF HER FOOD IS FROM THE LAND. IN
WINTER, CARIBOU, MOOSE IN SUMMER FRESH FISH AND
GREENS. CU HANDS OF DAUGHTER ROLLING DOUGH.

CU ELAINE DIPS FILLET IN BREAD CRUMBS, PLACES IT
IN FRYING PAN. CU SHE PULLS OUT FRESH LOAVES OF
BREAD FROM OVEN. GIRL FRIEND TOSSES SALAD IN BOWL.
ALL SIT DOWN TO EAT. CU SMALL DAUGHTER USES HANDS
TO EAT. MESSY. DISHES MADE FROM CARVED WOOD.

COUPLE CANOE ON LAKE, HE PADDLES, SHIRTLESS.

GLACIER BAY:
AERIAL PAN OF GLACIER BAY, ALASKA. MOUNTAINS,
FOREST, ALONG LARGE BODY OF WATER, GIANT GLACIERS.
FLOCK OF GEESE TAKE OFF FROM SIDE OF GLACIER,
SWOOP DOWN, FLY INCHES ABOVE WATER.

AERIAL PAN AWESOME SHOTS OF FAIR WEATHER RANGE
WHERE SNOW FALLS AS MUCH AS FIVE METERS EACH YEAR.

CU ELDERLY MALE TOURIST WATCHES IN AWE AS
LANDSLIDE OF SNOW TUMBLES DOWN MOUNTAIN INTO
WATER.

ICEBERGS DRIFT OUT, MELT SLOWLY IN THE SEA. OTHERS
ARE BEACHED BY TIDES, STAND ON SHORE, BLEACHED BY
SUN FORMING ABSTRACT SCULPTURES OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY.
TWO MEN WALK AMONG THEM.

PAN OF HARDY PLANTS, MOSSES, WEEDS, WILDFLOWERS
TREES, GROW ON EXPOSED LAND AS ICE MELTS. BEARDED
PARK RANGER LEADS TOURISTS, HIKERS THROUGH DENSE
FORESTS, WHICH TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, LAYED
CRUSHED BENEATH 100 METERS OF SOLID ICE. RANGER
LECTURES TOURISTS ABOUT FOREST. AERIAL VIEW OF THE
BEAUTIFUL GLACIER BAY.