15 Majestic Captions for Every Photo From Your Visit to Alaska

Traveling to Alaska truly is unlike visiting any other part of the United States.

It's not just the largest U.S. state by a long shot, but it's also one of the country's most majestic, and while it has a reputation for always being cold and snowy, that isn't the case all year round. It's known for its astounding national parks and abundance of untamed, open wilderness (where you most likely won't have cell phone service), making it an unparalleled travel destination for when you want to reconnect with nature and unplug from everything else. You're likely to capture some unforgettable photos during any visit to Alaska, and below are 15 beautiful quotes about the state that make great captions.

For when the trip is tougher than you imagined (and totally worth it):

"The simple fact is this: when you go to Alaska, you get your a** kicked."

-Mark Twight

 

For capturing the northern lights above Alaska:

"The light in Alaska, in particular, is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light."

-Sebastiao Salgado

(via Unsplash)

 

For understanding what survival really is:

"Alaska is a place where you learn to rely on yourself and your own judgment. It's a place where you're forced to confront the rawness of nature and your own mortality."

-Eiger Dreams

 

For when Alaska earns all of its superlatives:

"Alaska is our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state."

-Edward Abbey

 

For that trip you make to find yourself:

"Nobody is accidentally in Alaska."

-Marcus Sakey

 

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For getting the fresh start you were looking for:

"Alaska was the cure to the disease of my despair."

-Summer Lane

 

For the shot that captures Alaska's expansive infinity:

"But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be."

-John Green

(via Unsplash)

 

For feeling like a true world traveler:

"In Alaska, you can go out your door and be in a completely different world."

-Bear Grylls

 

For when you spy a staggeringly massive moose:

"Moose are the squirrels of Alaska."

-Tim Moon

 

For capturing a sight you couldn't see anywhere else:

"Alaska itself is an unusual state."

-Fareed Zakaria

 

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For when it's profoundly frigid out:

"It was a cold, bleak December morning in Alaska, a place so far north on planet Earth that if there were such things as popsicle people, they could live there quite comfortably."

-Dew Pellucid

 

For glimpsing the Alaskan night with your own eyes:

"Like any traveler, I'm always looking for those experiences that are almost unique to any place, and watching films around Alaska of the skies in winter made me want to taste those unworldly showers of light in person."

-Pico Iyer

(via Unsplash)

 

For the majestic photo carousel of all of the most beautiful moments:

"Alaska is a great, solemn poem, set to music by glaciers and volcanoes, with an accompaniment of forests and aurora borealis."

-John Burroughs

 

For feeling different than you did when you arrived:

"Alaska isn't about who you were when you headed this way. It's about who you become."

-Kristin Hannah

 

For basking in the beauty of untouched wilderness:

"To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world."

-John Muir

 

For more on the wonders of Alaska, click HERE to find out about one writer's experience taking a week-long trip to the state by herself.