Web, in the South we have the old, "Y'all ain't from around here are you? routine. Quite frankly, I am sick and tired of "You don't know Alaska" as well.
I don't know your age, but I would guess since you are still working, I flew in Alaska before you could legally buy alcohol, maybe earlier. I flew there in college in a Part 135 ops and I've flown there Part 91 recreationally and professionally including several airplane deliveries both wheel and amphibious. So please I won't if you won't give the "Y'all ain't from around here" routine.
To put a finer point, yes Alaska is remote, challenging and very often very cold. It is also surrounded by an ADIZ system that can detect a mouse fart at 40 yards. You might want to think about the fact that for instance there is more radar coverage in the polar regions of the world than the Indian Ocean. (You get a discrete squawk crossing over Greenland for instance) You see, there was a time when the natural avenue of attack from the Russians was polar and yes, most those systems are still operational because because believe me, the TU-95's even today, don't call up and ask Anchorage Center for a discrete squak on the thunder runs. If they can get within 12 miles of the shoreline, they will because that is their job, to find out what we got. So what do you think we have?
Years ago a Beech Baron crashed after radar service had been terminated from Bay Approach (now NorCal) going into Concord, CA just east of SFO. The NTSB wanted a radar track and you know where they found it? From an AWACS E-3 800 miles west over the Pacific. If you go looking, you'll find it. Enough said.