Yakutat is found on the rugged coast of the Gulf of Alaska between the southeast and central regions of the state. The community has achieved the standards established by NOAA’s National Weather Service for the TsunamiReady™ and StormReady® programs.
Springtime may be coming to the Chugach Mountains that surround the City of Valdez, Alaska.
Cordwood energy systems are relatively low in their cost for installation and as the cost of fossil fuels increase, they become even more economical to operate. Use of these systems in small communities would be based on the sustainable harvest of small volumes of wood from nearby forests each year.
Travel on the Alaska Inter-Island Ferry Authority to access the recreational opportunities found on Prince of Wales Island and surrounding communities. What is the IFA? – Independent travelers exploring southeast Alaska have an additional means of accessing many of the State’s smaller island communities available to them called the Inter-Island Ferry Authority. Communities in southern [...]
Caterpillar D7 bulldozer moving out snow from storage lot in Valdez to accelerate its melting. A sure sign of springtime in Valdez, Alaska.
Kennecott is a historic mining town tucked away in a corner of the great Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Built to claim a truly huge and rich copper deposit in some of the wildest terrain of Alaska, much of this mining town remains in place.
An inability to comprehend the great distances found in Alaska is a realization newcomers often encounter in the Great Land. Alaska defies their attempts to compare it with past experiences. Terrain varies immensely and distances between regions are vast. A useful way to understand Alaska is consider it as six states within a much greater [...]
Nearly 110 years ago, a wave of seemingly ordinary people poured relentlessly into the North, suffering incredible hardships to seek their fortunes toiling in the frozen earth. Thousands of these erstwhile adventurers crossed through the wild expanses of Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon in the years of 1897 and 1898; reaching out for the [...]
