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I'm thinking that if you do all three of the things on your agenda, you'll fill the 7 days. JimFox pointed out the geographic distances you're dealing with - from Anchorage to Seward is 126 VERY scenic miles. The Seward highway is designated as an All American road, and let me suggest you will not have a more scenic ride in your life. It takes your breath away . . . .really. I lived just north of Anchorage for more than 16 years, and EVERY trip down to the Kenai peninsula was breathtaking - even in a downpour or a snow storm. It's really not feasible to try and fit in a glacier tour after driving down to Seward, and then trying to drive back to Anchorage. Denali is some 350 miles north of Anchorage, so you can see the challenge there, although you can fit in a flight-seeing with K2 along the way. That's really three days by itself.
You could do a fly in from Anchorage to the Seward Peninsula and fish for a day, or if you choose to drive up to Fairbanks via the Glenn Highway you can hit Talkeetna (cute little town) for your flight seeing, then on to Denali NP. Finish the trip North to Fairbanks and visit Chena Hot Springs, and then drive back down the Richardson Highway to Anchorage - stunning scenery the entire trip. A side trip to the terminus of the Alaska Pipeline system in Valdez is always cool.
The entire loop from Anchorage to Fairbanks, and then back to Anchorage is more than 700 miles, and you can't do Outside highway speeds - plan on averaging 50 mph because it is 2 lane roads, some of it through mountain passes, and a lot of it covered by frost heaves that can launch a Class A motorhome 5 feet in the air (don't ask me how I know . . .).
Enjoy the trip - I miss it every day, and wonder why the hell I left that place for . . . Houston.
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