Perhaps check with these fruit growers in Alaska, [link]
I personally met Bob & Clair, one apple is a must have, a Trailman Crab, very sweet and juicy, one of the best for juicing,.. it's also Claire's best.
The tree is super hardy, annual producer ...but, it's the first apple to leaf out in spring and can kill the tree in a frost pocket... happened to me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fruit

"By novice I mean basically you plant it right, water it and keep the moose off and it lives."

I assume you also intend for it to produce fruit in a normal year?

My favorite is "State Fair", which seems to produce well every other year. I got a second one last summer...hopefully they'll be productive in opposite years so that we can always have a heavy crop. This summer we'll be lucky to have 10 apples from it.

I see you left Norland off the apple list...is there a reason? It is the primo novice gardener fruit tree, IMHO. I know of one grown totally untended in a very inhospitable site that still produces after 30+ years.

Have you contacted the Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers' Assoc.? Trust me, if it's even remotely growable here, and available somewhere, someone there has tried it.

Where/how do you plan to publish the list?
And where are you in Alaska?

Over 20 years ago, DH and I spent a weekend helping my dad plant over 100 fruit trees near Wasilla. If he could find a 1/2 way hardy tree, he tried to grow it and get fruit.

I'm from Soldotna, AK (South Central) but we just bought a house with 5 acres to play with in Sterling. :D Moving here soon. So the list is for my own reference, BUT I also work as a freelance writer for Yahoo. I intend to publish it there for others as I've had a rough time finding resources on the subject.

I did find the Alaska pioneer fruit grower's website, they have a very nice apple chart that I need to go through and update my apple list with. Nothing for other fruits though.

I suggest you join the association...it's only $8 for July-December, or $16 for the year. As of last year, there were members from Homer, Kenai, Soldotna, and even one in Sterling. The info is out there...they were doing a fruit census last year...

Where in Sterling (I lived there when I was a kid)?

I am down in Homer. We have a very active garden club, a lot of people interested in sustainable agriculture, permaculture and that type of thing in this area. I don't (yet) have any fruit trees planted since we are still working on our land getting ready to build a cabin. Possibly this link may be useful for you to locate fruit growers around here.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sustainable Homer

Mytime, It's off Robinson loop. We found an apple grower here out in Nikiski which has been helpful. My list is almost done after hours and hours of forum/publication reading. :D It should be up to link soon. I ended up expanding and I'm going to do one of berries too.

I see that you have Julienne Pear listed...is there anywhere in the U.S. that I could order this variety from? On the web, the only place I can find that sells it is a nursery in Canada. Is it fireblight resistant? An early season pear?

I ended up having to make it into three articles to meet my publishers preferred lengths. The first, on apples is up :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Apples Trees to Grow in Alaska