Winter Adventure Time Recently, a veteran mountaineer offered to take me to the glorious White Mountains of Alaska’s interior to go on a fat-tire bike ride. I jumped at the opportunity. We met in the morning and game-planned the adventure. Although the initial plan had been to fat bike, the recent snowfall made it seem […]
The White Mountains: Destination For Winter Fun
When my very sporty friend suggested a trek in the White Mountains north of Fairbanks, I was all for it, if a little scared. The mountains are strikingly beautiful and are usually covered in a layer of the most pristine, perfectly dry powder. I hiked the trails several times during the summer and fall, but […]
Late Season Blacktail Deer Hunting – Blacktail in Sitka!
Late Season Blacktail Deer Hunting – A Rookie’s Try I’ve spent my share of days in the woods, have even bagged a few nice critters over the years, and can even share a story or two about some of the adventures that my brother and I have experienced in our youth. Despite having that ‘field […]
Joar Leifseth Ulsom – Mushing Profile
Name: Joar Leifseth Ulsom Birth Date: February 21, 1987 Birth Place: Mo i Rana, Norway Residence: Willow, Alaska Joar kneeling with his leaders in Nome in 2016 Iditarod. Photo by: KNOM Radio Mission By The Numbers Number of Iditarod Finishes: 6 out of 6 attempts (2013-2018) Best Finish: 1st place (2018) Best Time: 8d 11h 0m 40s (2017) […]
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– […]
Great Alaska Earthquake Memes 2.0 – More is Better!
When it comes to earthquake memes, it seems that it’s a case of ‘the more the merrier!’ Since we are still experiencing literally hundreds of aftershocks from the 7.0 quake that left a fair bit of destruction in its wake, Alaskans are turning to humoring both themselves and others to help calm their nerves, poke […]
Great Alaska Earthquake Memes – 26 Memes to Make You Smile!
We like our great Alaska earthquake memes shaken, not stirred. Memes….a way for people to poke fun at each other, relate to each other, laugh together, and overall communicate in a way the internet hasn’t seen until recently. Shortly after the 7.0 magnitude quake on November 30th, 2018, which caused damage to peoples homes, businesses […]
Alaska Earthquake Damage – Stats/Photos/Videos of the Aftermath
Situated on the ‘Ring of Fire’, Alaska earthquakes are a fairly common occurrence. However, on the morning of November 30th, 2018, South-central Alaskans were met with a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake sending schoolchildren scrambling under desks, office workers out into the streets, and some motorists navigating severely damaged roadways. Felt hundreds of miles away, even […]
Alaska Author Pens Iconic Tom Clancy Series
The Alaska Life – Eagle River Alaska Author Pens Iconic Tom Clancy Series What do Alaskans do when it’s blowing outside with freezing rain? If you’re Alaska author Marc Cameron, you work on your next Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan novel. Marc is the New York Times bestselling author of seventeen critically acclaimed novels, including two of […]
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 […]
China Poot Bay: Adventures Near Homer Alaska
China Poot Bay Alaska. I was born here. I grew up here. I’ve lived here my entire life. I was even born in Homer, one of America’s happiest seaside towns! Despite this, like many other Alaskans, we often get caught up with the busyness of life that we often forget to take the time to […]
Does the Iditarod Need to be Fixed?
An opinion piece from three-time Iditarod musher, Danny Seavey, March 2018 “Tell me honestly, is the Iditarod inhumane? Can they safely run 1000 miles in 8 days? I want to believe it’s OK, but my friends are asking how I can support the event with all stuff in the news.” I was asked this question […]
