By picking up hitchhikers on the Alaska Highway, Tom Walker has met the Archduke of Lithuania and a man with a namesake river.
Klondike Kerrie, an Alaskan name for a child, the biggest celebrity in Alaska, and how to fit in with your neighbors after moving to Alaska.
A lone bear stakes out his fishing territory beneath Brooks Falls in Katmai. Photo by Michelle Theall. Alaska’s eight designated national parks cover over 41 million acres. For…
Denali State Park’s Kesugi Ridge with the Alaska Range in the distance. Photo by Bill Sherwonit. More than once, while perched on a high mountain ridge above Anchorage…
Photographing the elusive aurora
In summer 2019, for a four-day adventure, Alaska magazine editor Susan Sommer and a favorite travel buddy flew from Anchorage to Juneau, a 1.5-hour excursion on Alaska Airlines.
Kaktovik’s life on the edge
We noticed a banner that said “Welcome to Arctic Village Spring Carnival.” Little did we know we had arrived just in time for an unforgettable celebration.
Learning from a tree To understand the black spruce, remember it grows from a fist-sized root ball as grey and compact and crucial as a brain. Each black…
