I remember a friend of mine moved to Montana for a time long ago.

He told me they gave him a brochure (maybe at the dmv?), describing how montana was different - distances were vast, services were sparse and basically that you needed to take it seriously.

I would imagine that goes 10x for alaska.

Oh yeah, and I've listened to enough episodes of Joe Rogan to realize bears... well, they are never accurately portrayed in the media.