fbpx
Alaska Magazine
Tag

alaska magazine

Browsing
30-Second Reads

Weird and Wonderful

By

Alaskans rank at the top Alaska, as readers of this magazine know, is a dream travel destination as well as a fine place to live. What many might not know, however, is how quirky Alaskans can be. From various sources—and a little experience—I’ve discovered the following stats about my fellow northerners. Among all 50 states, Alaskans eat the most ice cream per capita. Perhaps that’s one reason Anchorage-ites were voted the worst dressed by a different magazine’s reader poll. It’s easier to hide the tummy roll under an old parka, right? Also, XTRATUFs are a staple on any real Alaskan’s boot rack, but add to that a pair of baggy Carhartt pants and a well-worn sweatshirt, and you’re ready for an evening out on the town for some…dessert wine? Yes, we Alaskans apparently like the sweet stuff, as we purchase, per capita, the most. Ruby port over “Crude Oil” (chocolate…

Amy Foote with Alaska-grown potatoes.
30-Second Reads

Voices of Alaska

By

Chef Amy Foote and the Traditional Foods Program of Alaska Native Medical Center As executive chef at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Amy Foote is determined to provide the hospital’s Alaska Native and American Indian patients with traditional foods that are both healthy and culturally meaningful, which Foote says can aid healing. Foote’s kitchen provides 5,000 meals a day to inpatients, outpatients, and visitors at the campus hotel. “Our traditional foods program accepts donations, but we also collaborate to see what can be hunted, fished, gathered, or grown. We have Alaska Native-raised reindeer, wild-caught salmon, and seal donated by Alaska Native hunters. I also work with farms and Alaska Pacific University to grow traditional plants, including hydroponically, so we can get the foods that really heal and comfort our patients. I love my job. It requires building partnerships and sometimes getting people to think differently, like when we…

My View North
30-Second Reads

Wilderness for All

By

Appreciating Alaska’s parks and other public lands I live in Alaska because I was born and raised here, and it will always feel like home. But I stay in Alaska because it’s the only place on the planet with so much dramatic and varied wilderness. Alaska’s national and state parks alone total nearly 60 million acres. Some of that is right out my back door. Getting away from it all to play on public lands is as easy as hopping in my car and driving 30 minutes to a trailhead. Add a bit longer drive plus an air charter or water taxi, and I could be dropped off in the middle of nowhere to enjoy only my own company for days or weeks on end.  Once out there, though, I wouldn’t really be alone, as so many wild creatures roam the land and water: grizzlies in Denali National Park and…

Alaskan mountains, manipulated in the photo editing process.
30-Second Reads

New Faces, New Photos

By

Talent, technology, and the creative spirit One of the best things about producing Alaska magazine is the opportunity to work with such a dynamic, talented team. I’d like to welcome two new members who’ve recently joined: Corrynn Cochran as digital content editor, and Tim Lydon as assistant editor. Readers might recognize Corrynn’s name from her former stint here as photo editor; she brings a wealth of energy and skills to our online presence. Tim is a journalist and public lands advocate who’s written for us before and now compiles The Cache section. It’s always good to have new ideas flowing and fresh perspectives on the magazine and our great state. This photography-themed issue includes the winners of our 2022 photo contest as well as a how-to article on choosing the right photo tour, a feature on macrophotography, a piece on how to have fun with photo editing, and more on…

Travel

This Month’s Issue

By

Table of Contents FIND THESE GREAT ARTICLES AND MUCH MORE IN THE NEW ISSUE OF ALASKA MAGAZINE. FEATURES PHOTO ESSAY RISING TIDE Discover the creatures of Alaska’s tidepools by Erin McKittrick A MECCA FOR ARCTIC GRAYLING Nome is an angler’s paradise by Les Gara ALASKA’S CHANGING SEAS Research reveals a complex underwater web by Sharman Haley DEPARTMENTS THE CACHE 20 | Cold and Crabby Deadliest Catch, but frozen over 22 | Happy Feet Group keeps traditional dance alive 24 | WILD by Nature Artist makes jewelry using fish scales 26 | Living Dangerously Fur seals flourish on active volcano DISCOVER 30 |Sense of Place Charting a New Course 34 | Rambles Uprooted 38 | Try This Fishing Derby 40 | Out There Rite of Passage 42 | Natural Alaska Newts and Their Nemesis 44 | Gear Go Fish! 46 | Tradition The Bark Canoe 48 | History Mardy Murie’s Impact…

Sign up for our newsletter for more exciting Alaska travel content.