Alaska

Fishing While Female

The checkered history of a late-blooming obsession

By Kate Golden January 14, 2018

In this story: oceans, travel, adventure, Alaska, sports

Hearts & Bones

By Rick Bass August 22, 2016

In this story: polar bears, Alaska

Life On the Edge of Climate Change

By Esau Sinnok November 25, 2015

In this story: climate change, Alaska, international climate policy

An 18-year-old Alaskan native leaves his remote coastal home to attend UN climate talks in Paris.

Small Victory in the Fight to Save the Chuitna

Alaskans seeking to protect salmon from coal mining get a mixed response from the state

By Jake Abrahamson October 26, 2015

In this story: Alaska, wildlife, coal

Fishermen rely on salmon that spawn in the Chuitna watershed

Savoring Wild Salmon

Daniel Duane floats and fishes Alaska's healthy waters, glimpsing paradise regained

By Daniel Duane May 1, 2008

In this story: salmon, Alaska

Bird Creek Fishing Spot, Seward Highway, Alaska

Go With the Floe

Gliding through time in Glacier Bay

By Kim Heacox July 1, 2006

In this story: Alaska, kayaking

Sarah James: True North

The Arctic is more than oil and caribou

By Marilyn Berlin Snell January 1, 2002

In this story: Alaska, activism, indigenous communities, saving wild places

Tongass National Forest: Remains of the Rainforest

Reckoning the loss of old growth in Alaska

By Amy Gulick November 2, 2001

In this story: Alaska, forests

Snake Oil for Fossil Fools

We can choose technologies that will keep us warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and get us where we want to go while preserving our natural landscapes

By Paul Rauber May 1, 2008

In this story: Alaska, oil, dirty fuels

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