This handbook is a collection of printed materials that are available to students about the geology, weather, plants, animals and people of Alaska. Topics included are: (1) "Alaska History Line"; (2) "Geography of Alaska" (including maps, rivers, and islands); (3) "Geologic Time"; (4) "Geology" (including plates, earthquake zones, permafrost, and glaciers); (5) "Survival" (including snow and avalanche); (6) "Light"; (7) "Auroras"; (8) "Weather"; (9) "Air Quality" (including temperature inversions); (10) "Hypothermia"; (11) "Giardiasis"; (12) "Native People of Alaska"; (13) "Plants"; (14) "Birds"; (15) "Fish"; (16) "Mollusks"; (17) "Crab"; (18) "Mammals" (including classification, bears, predators-prey, ungulates, and marine mammals); and (19) "Amphibians." The appendix contains"Prudhoe Bay Facts," including information on Prudhoe Bay field, Alyeska pipeline, Valdez marine terminal, Sohio and Alaska offshore potential, Sohio tracts, and Pacific Ocean perch life history. (YP)