Three new poetry collections uncover truths and histories
Book review: These new books cover homestead life, portray a struggle with dementia and reflect on the past.
‘Brave New Arctic’ delivers a scientific detective story
Written by the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the book delves deep into his deep studies in Arctic climate.
Thomas Merton’s spiritual journeys traced in ‘We Are All Poets Here'
Anchorage author Kathleen Witkowska Tarr weaves a roaming narrative through the lense of Merton’s writings and travels
Powerful work by Smelcer explores roots of modern Native American experience
Smelcer boils his views down into a collection of tightly composed poems that convey the Native American experience through brief vignettes that are at turns political, spiritual, angry, celebratory, tragic, comic and, at all times, gripping. Its quite the work.
For a decade, 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' has made Alaska history accessible
Together, the five volumes and 2,000 pages of 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' are neither an academic nor a comprehensive history of Alaska, but it is an entertaining and accessible account of the people who have called it home.
For a decade, 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' has made Alaska history accessible
Together, the five volumes and 2,000 pages of 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' are neither an academic nor a comprehensive history of Alaska, but it is an entertaining and accessible account of the people who have called it home.
Stirring account of finding Franklin's lost ship
The mystery of what happened to the Franklin expedition has haunted Arctic history since? 1848.
Stirring account of finding Franklin's lost ship
The mystery of what happened to the Franklin expedition has haunted Arctic history since? 1848.
Alaska's first couple of distance cycling can't stop pedaling
Despite record-setting races in the Iditarod Trail Invitational and the White Mountains 100, Heather Best and Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks insist their main interest is riding for fun -- so long as a little adventure is sprinkled in.
Alaska's first couple of distance cycling can't stop pedaling
Despite record-setting races in the Iditarod Trail Invitational and the White Mountains 100, Heather Best and Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks insist their main interest is riding for fun -- so long as a little adventure is sprinkled in.
More than global warming afflicts endangered Shishmaref
The steadily lengthening ice-free season has left the Sarichef Island shorelines exposed to storms that themselves are aggravated by climate change, speeding the pace of erosion and consistently thwarting efforts at maintaining the ground beneath the town.
More than global warming afflicts endangered Shishmaref
The steadily lengthening ice-free season has left the Sarichef Island shorelines exposed to storms that themselves are aggravated by climate change, speeding the pace of erosion and consistently thwarting efforts at maintaining the ground beneath the town.