beyond even the town of Anadyr on the shores of the Bering Sea, is Russia’s most easterly place: a settlement called Uelen. The village of Uelen is less than 100 kilometers from the United States: the Alaskan town of Wales is just across the narrow Bering Strait. ...
Alaskan cruises from Vancouver just sail right by them until they reach Alaska, so now you know why Howe Sound, which wouldn’t make the top ten in British Columbia is mentioned in this survey. If one also compares wildlife viewing in and out of the water to Norway, it’s not even ...
In 1925, diphtheria, an airborne respiratory disease that children are especially vulnerable to, swept through the remote Alaskan mining town of Nome. Since no vaccine was available at the time, an “antitoxin” serum was used to treat the disease. But getting it to Nome was a challenge. The...
11. James Dalton Highway, USA Sometimes called the loneliest road in America, the James Dalton is one of the remotest routes in Alaska. This is pure wilderness, unmitigated isolation. That's a danger in and of itself, as is the fury of the Alaskan winter. But another concern is the bli...
Alaskan merchant Con Miller used to dress up as Santa Claus for the local kids every Christmas, so when he and his wife decided to open a trading post in North Pole, Alaska, in 1952, naming it Santa Claus House was a no-brainer. Inside the red-and-white building, visitors can buy Ch...
In Anchorage, you can adventure into the Chugach mountains as well as discover the history of native Alaskans. Shutterstock There is also a rich pioneer and mining history in Anchorage for tourists to find but if you want more nature outings, you can also go kayaking, canoeing o...
The dog helped transport life-saving medication to children suffering from Diptheria in the town of Nome in 1925. In the movie, Balto is ridiculed, until he proves his worth by leading a dog team on a 600-mile trip across the Alaskan wilderness to get medical supplies. While it is a ...
Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of national forest, Lake Almanor is nestled into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, making it one of the state’s most beautiful and remote destinations. Located between Interstate 5 and US Route 395, west of the town of Susanville, it’s not the easi...
Hold the DarkbyWilliam Giraldi: Having built a reputation for critical savagery following the hatchet he sank into a pair ofAlix Ohlinbooksin theTimesin 2012, Giraldi puts his own neck on the line with this literary thriller set in a remote Alaskan village where wolves are eating children. ...
The origin of the race 【7】___ (go) back many years to a time 【8】___ some medicine needed to be taken from Anchorage to Nome, a very remote village. Because of severe weather, the only way to send the medicine 【9】___ (be) to use dogs. Happily, the medicine was delivered...