We’re fortunate that photographers were active in this area during and after the Klondike Gold Rush.
With the holiday season coming up, we wanted to remind you of the local foods and recipes you can add into your holiday meals.
A story about a book of letters.
Elections have always been a part of our lives.
Muskeg life is wet, mushy, juicy, fleshy, tangy, glabrous, globose and glandular.
At this time of the year stores offer big sales and the market in Thorne Bay across the strait from us is no different. At… Continue reading
When you live in a floathouse in SE Alaska for over twenty years you develop vision not dissimilar to The Terminator’s. You know how The… Continue reading
Welcome to Alaska, now please go home. One of many Alaskans’ favorite times of year is finally upon us: the end of tourist season! We… Continue reading
Berry picking for us is a family event with several generations harvesting together.
It’s difficult to get building materials such as siding and roofing out in the wilderness, so when my sister Megan visited recently with the desire… Continue reading
The first week of July, over 60 community members and nearly 150 people of all ages boarded cars, trucks, vans and an Icy Strait bus… Continue reading
If you live out in the wilderness in Southeast Alaska you will continually come across evidence of shipwrecks, new and old.
Tiny cod fish are reappearing around Kodiak. Researchers aim to find out if it is a blip, or a sign that the stock is recovering… Continue reading
As Gov. Bill Walker prepares to sign a bill this week enacting the Alaska Mariculture Development Plan, 16 new applicants hope to soon begin growing… Continue reading
For those of you that may have missed our introduction article, your hosts at Planet Alaska are a mother/daughter duo. My mother is a writer… Continue reading
There is continuity between generations of rural Alaskans that defies time and the state’s vast distances. This was recently shown to me when I was… Continue reading
