Obama guidance, press schedule Sept. 1, 2015 Alaska sightseeing

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President Barack Obama speaks at the Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. Obama opened a three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its changing landscape as an urgent call to action on climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Below, from the White House….

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 31, 2015

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

In the morning, the President will travel to the Seward area, where he will hike to Exit Glacier, participate in a boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park and have the opportunity to view the effects of climate change firsthand. There will be a pool spray of the hike and the boat tour.

The President will return to Anchorage in the evening and remain overnight in Alaska.

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg

Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP

TV Corr & Crew: NBC

Print: Tribune

AKDT

12:00PM THE PRESIDENT hikes to Exit Glacier

Seward, Alaska

Pool Spray

3:50PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska

Pool Spray

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