Motorists along the Seward Highway spotted what appears to be an adolescent Humpback Whale partially beached along the shore of Turnagain Arm. According to NOAA Cook Inlet Beluga Recovery Coordinator Verena Gill, the whale had stranded itself sometime during the day on Sunday and had somehow managed to find itself partially stranded again Monday afternoon. […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 7 Update
After 34 hours and 27 minutes elapsed since the racers started the Iron Dog in Willow, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds crossed the finish line in Fairbanks to claim a back-to-back championship as the duo claimed the top prize last year in the 2018 race. Besting their 2018 race time by nearly three and a […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 6 Coverage
Friday usually marks one of the faster days racing the Iron Dog, and this year was no exception. Once racers leave the Kaltag checkpoint, they barrel up the frozen Yukon River and the race turns into more of a sprint versus the first half of the race which forces the racers through the Alaska range, […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 5 Coverage
After pocketing a cool $10,000 for being the fastest team to Nome, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds were up early as they began final preparations to tick off nearly another 1,000 miles on their Polaris Indy XC sleds, making their way toward Fairbanks. Teams 14 and 6, both riding Ski-Doo sleds both pocketed some cash […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 4 Coverage
Rest day, or sometimes referred to as ‘Wrenchin’ Wednesday’ marks the halfway point in the Iron Dog as racers rest both mind and body, but also tend to the proper care and repair of their machines. After some comfort food and a bit of sleep, teams are granted 15 minutes of ‘off clock time’ where […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 3 Coverage
1,089 miles into the worlds longest, toughest snowmobile race, the top six teams are still separated by less than one hour. The first team to check into the halfway point was Team 10, household names in this race, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds. Over the first half of the race from the start in Willow […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 2 Coverage
Social media was abuzz late last night with hundreds of fans waiting to hear official word on rumors floating about surrounding a collision between Team 16 and Team 8 outside the McGrath checkpoint. We had initially reported that this wreck was going to force Team 8 of Tyson Johnson and Tyler Aklestad from the race. […]
2019 Iron Dog – Day 1 Coverage
If the first day of the 2019 Iron Dog had to be summed up in one word, for both participants and racers alike, it would have to be ‘whiteout’. Making your way to the new race venue at Deshka Landing meant driving through a veritable blizzard before parking and walking through heaps of fresh fluffy snow […]
The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction – Craig Martelle
The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction, Interview with Author Craig Martelle Interview by Lois Simenson How many authors can say they’ve written thirty books in three years? Craig Martelle can, and he’s chosen Fairbanks, Alaska as the place to do it. His newsletter bio begins with, “Who is this Craig Martelle guy?” He refers to […]
US Navy Launches Stealth-Fighter-Looking Assault Craft on Kodiak Island
Alaskans living on Kodiak Island created a bit of a buzz online recently when the US Navy decided to seemingly perform some testing on their Combatant Craft Assault boats, more commonly known as CCA’s. Photos of the boats being unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III, backed down a boat ramp, and ultimately floating in the water […]
Cheesy Halibut Dip – Easy and Awesome!
Anyone who has caught a halibut on a rod and reel knows just how fun that experience can be. How hard they pull, the splashing, riding an ocean boat to the fishing grounds…it’s the whole experience which usually makes halibut fishing in Alaska so fun. After the catch, the other best part is eating the […]
A Diverted Flight on Christmas Eve Puts Shemya Island in the Spotlight!
A Delta Airlines flight from Beijing to Seattle made an unexpected stop at one of the more out of the way places on the globe in the early morning of Christmas Eve 2018. The flight, carrying 194 passengers, was diverted for an emergency landing on Shemya Island. The island is home to Eareckson Air Station– […]
