Training is very important. Every landing is being made off-airport
and the equipment is less forgiving. If you haven't earned your rating
yet and want to learn with a bunch of real professionals, check these
guys out:

http://arctic.net/akfloats/

Thanks. I did both my private and commercial sea ratings with Terry
Campbell at Norcal aviation http://www.norcalaviation.com . Terry was
featured on a Discovery Wings program on sea instructors. Technically,
I'm also a sea instructor now.

-Robert, CFI (land and sea).