I'm as far away from Alaska as you can get, I'm in Florida. But, our Guild had a wonderful speaker, Lisa Moore with Quiltswithatwist. I think she had family in our area. She had beautiful Orca batik fabrics. I remember she was from somewhere up there, she explained the special fabric because quilting tourists get off the cruise ships wanting "Alaska fabrics" so she must be associated with a quilt shop somewhere up there.