While packing for a trip to the East Coast, I hemmed and hawed for about a millisecond before stuffing my running shoes into my suitcase. It made me think about my approach to risk, and wonder if I’ve changed since settling on Alaska as home.
Among accomplished hunters, there is humor and camaraderie in a clean miss.
For hunters, the trick is to be there when the herd passes through the Richardson Highway corridor.
Columnist Alli Harvey is excited to see snow creep down the mountains and the rituals of winter set in.
The big migratory birds gather by the tens of thousands in Delta before heading south for the winter.
You remember the stories and the friends, not the cold and the impatience.
Paul Basile of Bethel will be the first full-time manager in the history of the mid-distance Alaska mushing race, organizers said.
A visit to a waterfowl paradise with a shotgun scarred by years of use and a bird dog gone too soon isn’t as final as first intended.
John Schandelmeier: Alaska’s hunting regulations can be confusing, but there’s no excuse for leaving game in the field.
A 224.2-pound flatfish won this year’s the event, the final in the history of the summer-long event.
We hang on for the climate-change ride. We appreciate the highs and grit our teeth through the lows.
Pick the breed first, then the bloodlines. Then look into their foggy little eyes and try to choose just one.
The annual closure has happened each fall since 1997. The trail will likely remain closed until freeze-up.
Skeetawk is getting ready for the first season of lift-served downhill skiing in the Talkeetna Mountains in decades.
A bike-cation in Whitehorse left columnist Alli Harvey sore and tired every day, but happy to release energy into the outdoors.
The hunter’s life is dependent on weather, and there is nothing they can do about it.
A new two-day derby will debut in 2020, the Homer Chamber of Commerce said.
Things that seem similar on paper don’t always produce the same results in the field, columnist John Schandelmeier writes.
Adventurer Anatoly Kazakevich described his journey as a “historical geography expedition.” He added that “before us, nobody did this (route) for 150 years.”
Crowds were thin before Labor Day, but hunters have started to show up.
