Cultural anthropologist and award-winning author Richard K. Nelson passed away in 2019 at the age of 77.
Nick Jans recalls his own encounters with the stories and tragic deaths of Timothy Treadwell and Chris McCandless. Treadwell is pictured here with Aimee Hugenard at Upper Kaflia Lake, less than 100 yards from where they would die a year later. Photo by Willie Fulton, courtesy Nick Jans. Seems like just the other day rather than 1992 I sat in my cabin, shaking my head over the Sunday paper. Moose hunters had found a body in an abandoned bus along the Stampede Trail. The poor galoot, long on ambition but woefully underprepared, had set out to walk across Alaska and instead ended up way short, hunkered in and around that bus for several months as he slowly starved to death. Eleven years later, I stood alone on the crest of a brushy hill overlooking Kaflia Lake on the Katmai coast where a California surfer-type dude and his female companion had…
Vic Fischer, the last living delegate to Alaska’s constitutional convention, talks about statehood, individual responsbility, and activism at 96.
Athabascan fiddle music is a staple in interior Alaska. Each November, the Athabascan Fiddle Festival and Gwich’in Fiddle Dance draw fans to Fairbanks.
Though reaching the best spots for rockhounding Alaska may not be easy, the state’s geological riches rival its scenery in thrills and diversity.
Alaska magazine talks with 12-year-old Scout Gramse about living Vietnam and what she missed about home during her year away from Alaska.
The 2020 Anchorage Design Week will explore the idea of future landscapes through in-person and virtual events happening October 2-10.
Bush pilot Brett Coblentz recommends his favorite rifle, boots, trekking poles, GPS, and socks.
Tucked in a quiet neighborhood a little off the beaten path, one of Anchorage’s best-kept culinary secrets serves up the quintessential taste of Alaska.
Alaska Native clothing expressed the wearers skills, wealth and ethnic identity.
