Perusing freelance gigs on Craigslist while on vacation in Alaska – $0 Responding to ad requesting photo of Thermoking truck in “exotic” setting – $0 Noticing Thermoking truck idling next to us at a scenic rest area – $0 Taking off at high speed to get ahead of the truck on the downhill grade to [...]
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SURVIVOR
Part 3 Stories of Women in Alaska For eighty years, a stark tragedy went incorrectly told and mostly forgotten, until it was uncovered by Jennifer Niven. The story’s heroine, Ada Blackjack, was part of a secretive Arctic expedition. Her companions, four adventure-hungry and impressionable young men, had been beguiled by the promises of a charismatic [...]
OUTSIDE, SEEING
I despair on the morning of our departure when we are cleared for takeoff. We are leaving Alaska and I have not seen Denali with my own eyes. Uncharacteristically, I am in a window seat, a consequence of the first class cabin arrangement. As I look out above the clouds, I am stunned. Now The [...]
POTTER MARSH
Anchorage has a green belt, mudflats, trail system and abundant opportunities for wildlife viewing. So, why, on our last full day in Alaska do we choose to spend most of it on a boardwalk close by a major highway? Because that’s where the birds and spawning salmon are. When we enter the parking lot for [...]
FRONTIER TEACHER
Part 2 – Stories of Women in Alaska A feisty schoolteacher making waves at the turn of the century in frontier Alaska sounded like the perfect subject for the next read. Hannah Breece came to Alaska in 1904, assigned by the U.S. Department of Education to establish schools for Native and Russian children. Her timely [...]
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