JG #19.Well thanks for that.I feel heaps better now about not being the only one to have missed that large stuffed bear in Anchorage Airport.You're right ,there were other priorities.I do remember a native Alaskan woman coming round trying to flog us snowglobes-I mean how tacky and predictable is that!-in Alaska-what else is there?I think several of us bought them just to get rid of her at something like $20 each,that was a lot of wonga back in the 70's.None made it back to the UK because they were left at the table amongst all the empty beer bottles and meat pie crusts.Doubtless they would be scooped up by the 'native' Alaskan souvenir pedlar who watched us beadily from the corner,and sold on to the next gullible zombie-like plane full of tourists and seamen that flew that polar route.Memories.......Can't find a suitable pic of a boring old snowglobe,so here's that Anchorage Airport polar bear-,aw,so cute-but keep away!