‘Alone at the Top’ is a breezy, enjoyable account of solo trip up Denali in the dead of winter
As of the start of this decade, no one had yet climbed Denali solo in January, For Lonnie Dupre, claiming this accomplishment became an obsession.
Books
'What Happened in Craig’: True crime novel delves into unsolved fishing-boat murders
Leland Hale dug deep into police records, newspaper accounts and his own interviews to present a disturbing narrative about the murder of eight people aboard a fishing boat in 1982.
In ‘One Water,’ essays wind down Fairbanks streets and beyond
Rob McCue’s stories describe life as a nighttime taxi cab driver and his adventures in the wilderness outside the city.
Our reviewers' favorite Alaska books of 2018
From memoirs to graphically dynamic travelogues, their lists cover the entire state.
Woman with Northwest Arctic roots breaks silence on sexual abuse in memoir
Tia Wakole, the author of “Starting A Fire: Bringing Light to the Dark,” hopes her story will encourage others to speak out.
Homestead life captured in letters, memory and reflection
Book review: A Seward resident discovers his personal history as he dissects a shoebox full of his parents' letters.
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.
A resilient female character stars in a young-adult thriller set in the Canadian north
Despite some incongruities, the survivalist tale brings excitement as a city girl navigates the wilderness.
Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of ‘Into the Wild’
The lawsuit asks a judge to stop the playwrights from using his name and the title. His attorneys say the agreement allows him to withdraw permission.
Meet the Eagle River man who brings Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan to life
Marc Cameron, who has worked 30 years in law enforcement, is the best-selling author of 17 critically acclaimed novels.
‘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.
A Nome doctor recounts medical adventures in his early career
Dr. Thomas Sims endured 18 difficult months in the Interior early in his career.
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
Memoir from one of Alaska’s earliest gold prospectors takes readers along for the ride
Book review: Frederick James Currier's account of his hunt for gold in Alaska at the turn of the century is an instant classic of its genre.
Photographer documents struggle to find ‘the perfect bear’ in ‘Arctic Solitaire’
Paul Souders' obsession brings into focus a life of adventure, discovery, and occasional misery in the Canadian North
Johnson and Troll team again on ‘Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline’
A paleobotanist and famed Alaska artist detail scientific adventures along the Pacific Coast.
Leffingwell’s contributions rescued from obscurity in ‘On the Arctic Frontier’
Book review: Enigmatic Ernest Leffingwell may not be a household name, but his accomplishments in the Arctic are vast and compelling.
Investigator Cecil Younger is back in Straley’s new Sitka-set crime novel
While readers will find sympathetic characters and laugh-out-loud humor in "Baby’s First Felony," there is also a disturbing darkness to this violence-fueled story.
‘Rowing the Northwest Passage’ recounts attempt to cross famed Arctic route in man-powered vessel
Book review: We have plenty of stories about the region from the golden age of exploration, but modern tales are fewer. “Rowing the Northwest Passage” will provide the curious with a place to start.
‘Disappointment River’ traces misdirected journey by canoe, 227 years later
Book review: Brian Castner tells the story of 18th century Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his own adventure following Mackenzie's path up river.