Glaciers, orcas and pristine bays: An epic road trip through Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula

Few places provide as awe-inspiring a maritime landscape within a short drive of a major international airport as the 16,000-square-mile Kenai Peninsula, which hangs from the coast of Southcentral Alaska like an emerald pendant earring. A popular destination with cruise ships, this minimally developed tract of evergreen-shrouded coastal mountains, deep frigid fjords and sprawling glaciers …