Don't they have blackflies in Alaska? Because if mosquitos are the elegant striped trousered vampires of the North, then black flies are the raging and ravening werewolves- and their bite leaves quite an impressive welt, suggestive of something the size of a humming bird and not the tiny little buggers they really are. But you can't let them win, so I would pack lots and lots of Muskol in my kilt bag and wear it anyway. Also, with the male-female ratio up there, a kilt could be your much-needed secret weapon.