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Archie Satterfield, author of several books on Alaska, dead at 78

Published: December 1st, 2011 02:13 PM
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2011 10:27 AM

The Seattle Times reports that journalist and author Archie Satterfield, author of 40 books that covered topics including Chilkoot Pass and a Yukon River canoe trip, died Nov. 21 in Bellingham, Wash., from a post-surgery stroke. He was 78.

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When Archie Satterfield decided he wanted to write a book about canoeing on the Yukon River, he packed up his wife and four small children and headed north.

He was "totally fearless about taking us places," said Mr. Satterfield's son, Scott. Scott took the same canoe trip on the Yukon with his father in 2003. "At the time, I was the same age as he was when we did it with him. He had four kids. I had one elderly father."

Read more at the Seattle Times and SeattlePI.com.