Alaska Summer – A Dream Vacation By: Courtney Dowd-Stanley Visiting Alaska during the prime summer months is an experience unlike anything else in the world. Each year, travelers from all around the globe make their way to the Last Frontier to see the rugged wilderness that shines with magnificent beauty. After accessing the 49th state […]
Delicious Smoked Salmon Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe
Smoked Salmon Stuffed Poblano Peppers by Cecil Sanders I’ve found many tasty uses for the delicious Copper River Sockeye Salmon our family dip nets out of the swift and grey mineral rich water near the town of Chitina. After several months of enjoying fresh fillets with a minimal amount of seasoning in order to not […]
The World’s Largest ZipRider That’s Located Right Here In Alaska
World’s Largest ZipRider – Hoonah, Alaska By: Courtney Dowd-Stanley Head to the community of Hoonah, located in Southeast Alaska on Chichagof Island. This largely Tlingit community is located 30 miles west of Juneau, Alaska’s state capital. Hoonah is on the coastal route of the Inside Passage, and surrounded by the Tongass National Forest. This idyllic […]
The Remarkably Rare Story Of Alaska’s Whimsical Goose Creek Tower
Goose Creek Tower – Willow, Alaska By: Courtney Dowd-Stanley Goose Creek Tower is tucked away in the dense Alaskan wilderness, north of Willow and south of Talkeetna. Owned by Anchorage based attorney, Phillip Weidner, the idea behind this popular private home was something that he dreamt up himself. The eccentric yet fascinating plan came straight […]
13 Adorable Alaska Wildlife Moments That’ll Make Your Heart Smile
Happy Mother’s Day from The Alaska Life By: Courtney Dowd-Stanley We are celebrating all of you hard-working, relentlessly-loving moms out there with this adorable Alaska wildlife video compilation to make your heart smile on this beautiful Mother’s Day 2017. After you’re done being spoiled by all the sweet peeps and tiny tots in your life, […]
An Alaskan Woman’s Day At The Spa
An Alaskan Woman’s Day At The Spa The ultimate spa day with an organic exfoliating scrub and steaming mud facial by Dana Jaworski Coming from the land of nail salons on every corner, day spas, and standing appointments with your “stylist,” it was quite an adjustment moving to bush Alaska. In my former life I had […]
How To: Home Canning Smoked Salmon
Keeping the Catch, Home Canning Smoked Salmon By Mike Rogers Canning Smoked Salmon, a How-to Article It is springtime in Alaska and apart from the malodorous breezes of a thawing Anchorage and the early buzzing of mosquitoes; I don’t know anyone who isn’t happy for the onset of summer. Among those most glad are fishers of […]
How to: Starting, Hardening Off and Planting Seeds in Southcentral Alaska
Growing An Alaskan Garden From Seeds Seeds: Starting, Hardening Off and Planting by Wendy Wesser My husband and I are blessed to live on a portion of property my great-grandparents, Alice and Gerrit ‘Heinie’ Snider, lived on in the Matanuska Valley. My great-grandparents did not have the convenience of a local grocery store. With ingenuity […]
2,500 Alaska Earthquakes Rattled Last Frontier In First 2 Weeks Of May
Alaska Earthquakes – Over 2,500, Up From Average 1,500 By: Courtney Dowd-Stanley Alaska earthquakes are not for the faint of heart, yet Last Frontier residents get very used to these rattling occurrences as an average of 1,000 happen across the state each month. In fact, Alaska is home to a whopping 11% of the world’s […]
A Delicious Chocolaty Dessert – The Great Alaskan Chocolate Sheet Cake
Great Alaskan Chocolate Sheet Cake A delicious chocolaty sheet cake as big and bold as the Last Frontier Recipe by Lindsey VanTassel | Frontier Pantry Do you ever have the desire to make a dessert as big and bold as the great state we live in? You may consider whipping together something like baked Alaska, […]
How to: Starting and Maintaining a Raspberry Patch
Raspberry Dream Growing a Raspberry Patch in Alaska by Wendy Wesser Some of my early memories from childhood include picking raspberries from my great-grandparent’s abundant patch. I remember how sweet the ripe berries tasted right off the canes. All summer I would ask if I could pick the berries, and I remember well the feelings […]
How to: Growing Strawberries in Alaska
A Guide to Growing Strawberries in Alaska by Wendy Wesser The wild and hybrid strawberries we grow in our Alaska gardens cannot be bought in grocery stores. Even if you were lucky enough to find ripe berries in a local farmers’ market, the sweet delicate flavor of a freshly picked strawberry would already be lost. […]
