My husband and I went to Alaska in 2004 and loved it. We vowed to return and we did in 2011. It is wonderful and so beautiful. We talked to a lot of the folks that live there year 'round and it is not an easy life but to them the beauty and frontier feeling of it keeps them there no matter what. We would love to go a third time in the future.
I know you will have a wonderful, wonderful time.