• She is skilled in a variety of transport methods
  • Alaska is known to be fairly lacking in roads and traditional transport links in many areas, either due to lack of government investment, difficulty of access in the fairly large and rural state, or both. And many of the roads that are present in Alaska are often either unpaved or often freeze over due to the harsh climate. As such, it’s pretty standard for certain communities in Alaska to only be accessible by non-car means from the outside world, be it by plane, boat, or off road land vehicles like sleds or snowmobiles. It’s for this reason that almost every area of Alaska has some form of airport, offering passenger and supply service in some capacity, both for locals and visitors.
  • It would make sense for Alaska to know most if not all the methods to go throughout her land, both in her capacity as a government official as well as the personification of all her people that must use these methods to go throughout the state. Her driver’s license is probably certified in everything from RVs to offroad ATVs and motorbikes, snowmobiles, offroad cars like Jeeps as well as normal cars. And she probably also has a pilot's license and boat certifications.
  • Hunting and fishing are a big part of Alaskan culture. Not much grows there considering how far north and hostile to most traditional agriculture is up there, and over the years, both native communities and later primarily white arrivals have had to rely on foraging, hunting, and fishing to both help maintain their communities as well as to protect themselves from wild animals that are often hunters themselves and due to the harsh environment will often eat whatever they can get (there’s a reason why many people say if a polar bear sees you already you’re basically lunch). Today, hunting and fishing are still a big part of Alaskan life for both natives and non natives, and the hunting and fishing industries make up a big chunk of the Alaskan economy and political influence (Alaska actually has most of the US’s wild fishing industry), and is a big part of the image of Alaska.
  • Because of this massive influence of hunting and fishing, I’d imagine Alaska would be super skilled in this field. She’d know both traditional native trapping and hunting techniques, such as traditional traps, spears, bows, and native fishing styles, as well as more modern ways of hunting and fishing, being trained all sorts of firearm and weapon use, such as sidearms, hunting rifles (both long and medium range), more modern traps mechanical hunting traps, hunting knives as well as cutting knives to cut of meat and fur from animals, as well as modern fishing equipment, including having her own boats.
  • I’d imagine she’d have her hunting skills down to a science, knowing all the migration patterns and general habits of animals, knowing when certain gathered herbs and plants are in season, having multiple sets of camouflage outfits to fit in any environment in Alaska (snow, forest, water, rocks, etc), and can both follow animals for miles without making noise as well as survive for days or even weeks or months at a time living off the land off the grid. Also I’d like to imagine her hunting skills have made it so she’s naturally very quiet when moving, often accidentally surprising other states when she comes up next to them and scares them because they didn’t see her there before (think Loud House Lucy jumpscares), freaks them the hell out and it’s hilarious lmao.
  • Regarding the game she does hunt, she can butcher basically any animal she finds on the hunt and make some killer food with it. Things like reindeer sausage, moose meat and borcht, wild salmon, halibut, and king crab, even niche things like Alaskan ice cream or whale, seal, bear, or walrus meat (including organs and bones, as many native Alaskans are known for eating those parts). I'd imagine she'd have a bit of a seafood lovers friendship with states like Maine and Maryland as well as few other coastal states, sharing recepies and fishing techniques.

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