You Might Be Pronouncing These Alaska Names Wrong…We Can Help! Alaska, a land that is massive, a land that was originally inhabited by a number of indigenous people groups, and a land where many of their words and place names still exist. After making a post about what pet peeves our followers had in regards […]
Fishhook Injuries – Keeping Your Eyes Safe!
Avoiding a Fishhook Eye Injury It’s the perfect Alaskan day. You’re up early, your gear is gathered, and you’re headed to the river as fast as you can. After dozens of berating text messages from your buddies who got there before you, you already feel like you’re missing out on the action. After all, it’s […]
The “Perfect” Alaska Moose Hunting Rifle – Hunting Alces alces
Hunting Alces alces…The “Perfect” Moose Rifle By: Michael Rogers There is no getting around it; moose are the largest antlered game in the world and among the largest game animals routinely hunted in North America and Europe. While the bison is generally larger and some of the largest bears might outweigh even a good-sized moose; […]
Alaska Mushrooms – ‘Can I Eat This? Is this Edible?’
Eating Wild Alaska Mushrooms – Bad Advice? By Michael Rogers With the cool and rainy summer we’ve had, the fungus among us have been sprouting up everywhere. I’ve noticed a trend lately on several Facebook pages. People, well meaning, post photographs of foraged wild Alaskan mushrooms asking identification questions that usually goes something like, “Can […]
Whales in Alaska are huge, but did you know they sing? (Video)
Whales in Alaska are amazing animals, but have you heard them sing? Michele Moede Parker has lived in Petersburg in southeast Alaska for 29 years. The whales in Alaska are one of the highlights each summer for Michele, her husband Tom and their two daughters as they utilize their boat to wait, watch and listen […]
John Schnabel: Old Time Logger by Edward May
Alaskan People: Stories of Yesteryear & Today John Schnabel: Old Time Logger by Edward May This is the story as told by John Schnabel: I was born in 1920 in New Almeno Kansas. We left there when I was 3 years old and moved to the west coast. I grew up in Klamath Falls Oregon. It […]
North Slope Alaska Mosquitoes – Humans Versus Trillions
We’ve all seen the cutesy signs, we’ve all heard the cliche sayings, and some may even partially believe that mosquitoes are in fact the official ‘State Bird’ of Alaska. With 35 species of these blood-sucking creatures roaming The Last Frontier, the hum, the swelling bites, and the overall nuisance that these flying insects bring to […]
White Fronted Goose defends Goslings from Red Fox in Alaska (Video)
Alaska’s North Slope can be quite an uninviting place. Commonly called ‘The Slope’, much of Alaska’s arctic climate has no trees, no hills, and is wrought with extremes such as high winds, some of the coldest weather in the state, and an overall moisture that is drier than the Sahara Desert. At the heart of […]
Alaskan Black Bear Scales Barbed Wire Fence With Ease! (VIDEO)
Most of the time fences are there to keep people out…or in the case of many places in Alaska, keep animals out as well! Sometimes our large mammals do find themselves INSIDE theses barriers with little chance to find a way out, except to scale up and over what is there! Ted Stevens Anchorage International […]
Moose Antlers Locked Up – A Once in a Lifetime Find
November 2nd, 2016 found Unalakleet Alaska cold after a decent spell of below freezing weather. The Covenant Bible Camp steward and local school teacher, Brad Webster, along with a friend who had recently moved to the village, came across what surely is a once in a lifetime discovery, a set of Moose Antlers locked together. […]
The Denali Road Lottery – All You Need to Know!
The Denali Road Lottery – By Karl Sander Denali National Park and Preserve consists of over four and a half million acres of parkland (over two million acres designated as wilderness) and another 1.3 million acres of wildlife preserve. It’s bigger than the entire State of New Hampshire – and it’s served by one 92 […]
13 Alaskan Challenges Every Resident Dreams of Winning
The Last Frontier is a land of extremes – we Alaskans set our sights on being the best anglers, hunters, outdoorsman we can be, and we love the opportunity to put our skills to the test. Alaska also home to some of the world’s most extreme challenges, so it’s not wonder we all fantasize about […]
