My name is Adam Corson and I was an R3 when I did my WWAMI month at Alaska Native Medical Center in 5/09.  This is a hospitalist rotation.  The town of anchorage has all the resources you need, but is somewhat laking in character/things to do.  Once outside of Anchorage, however, there is more outdoors things to do than you can handle.  Outside of the city is absolutely beautiful.  While I was here I went to Denali National Park and Seward, both of which had scenic drives and were well worth the trip.  I would recommend doing the rotation between March and October if not May to Sept.  It does not get dark until 11pm and high most days was 60-70 degrees in May.  This made outdoor activities very doable.  In the winter it is cold (-20) and dark (4 hours of daylight).   You routinely see moose wandering around and if you are lucky you can see a bear or a lynx.

The hospital itself is a good facility and the patient population is different from that seen in Seattle.  Alcohol abuse permeates this population.  I had never seen a case of dilated cardiomyopathy prior to this rotation and I saw at least 10 while I was here.  The attendings are good to work with, just try and stay away from the locums people (they will assign you a different attending every week, so this will probably be out of your hands).  I realize these people will change by the time someone else visits, but the permanent guys are all solid.  You carry 5-7 patients per day, 1-2 in the unit.  Hours are 8:30 to 4pm most days, weekends off.  I would flip around your schedule so you can get 3 or more days off in a row to travel around.  You also get to do EGDs, as all of these are performed by the hospitalists.

All in all a great rotation.  Not enough free food though.