Author: Chris

For centuries, the Huna Tlingit people thrived in the area that would become Glacier Bay. They lived in the shadows of the glaciers and utilizing the abundant resources of the land and sea. Around...

Haines, Alaska To the Indigenous people, the area around modern Haines, Alaska was known as Deishu, which means “beginning/end of the trail” in the Lingit language. That was a fitting name because today Haines...

Whittier, Alaska The area that is today’s Whittier, Alaska has been traveled through for centuries as a shortcut from Prince William Sound to the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet and Alaska’s interior. As...

Located on the Kenai Peninsula, the landscape of Kenai Fjords National Park has been carved by glaciers for thousands of years. As the glaciers receded after the last Ice Age, they left behind deep,...

Homer, Alaska Located on the southwestern Kenai Peninsula on the north shore of Kachemak Bay, Homer is known as the “Halibut Capital of the World” and people travel here from all over the globe...

Soldotna, Alaska Soldotna is a city on the Kenai Peninsula known for its world-class fishing, particularly for sockeye salmon on the Kenai River. The city is located along the mighty Kenai River about 10 miles east...

Located on the upper shores of the Cook Inlet, Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city with a population of about 288,000 people. More than half of the state’s population lives in Anchorage. The city sits...

In 1906, a man by the name of Charles Sheldon came to what is now Denali National Park and Preserve to study the little-known Dall sheep. He was awed by the rugged landscape, but...

The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line of latitude at approximately 66°33′ north of the equator, marking the southern limit of the Arctic region. It’s significant because it delineates the area where, for at least...

In 1901, E.T. Barnette established a trading post on the Chena River to sell supplies to miners heading to the goldfields. The discovery of gold near Barnette’s post led to the influx of people...