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An early ascent of the Yukon River
April 17, 2025
Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn't imagine it.
The adaptable, continental great horned owl
April 10, 2025
The knee-high owl known for its "plumicorns" -- tufts above its ears that resemble horns -- haunts every forested bit of Alaska.
The great hollow of Minto Flats
April 04, 2025
Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin -- Minto Flats -- is big enough to swallow Denali, if the big mountain happened to stumble in here and fall.
Snow's absence and welcome presence
March 28, 2025
Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral Alaska locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.
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